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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 438654" data-attributes="member: 3887">Umm {Umbran?}...noI beg to disagree...1) If a characters pursuit of personal profit and convenience also involves a wanton disregard for the safety and/or continued existence of others, then that qualifies as evil in my book. Would a hypothetical {and quite professional --think the Jean Reno/Natalie Portman film} assasin be non-evil? So long as he were only in the business for the money? What about someone dealing crack cocaine to schoolchildren? From what I understand very few dealers practice their trade for the sheer joy of getting kids high and {potentially} ruining their lives. Beyond a certain point {and where that point lies is another topic for debate} actions performed out of self-interest acquire a moral component.2) Exactly. But 'doing evil' consists of a lot more than acting like a diabolical fiend. You seem to be putting a pretty steep requirement on evil. By not labelling more minor acts of evil as umm, evil, aren't you effectivly re-arranging your moral framework, decriminalizing evil, in a manner of speaking...And on the issue of consistent behavior: would a serial rapist --with several victims spread out of the course of years-- not count as evil, seeing as the bulk of the time he spent as a regulalr law-abiding citizen? Its not about how often you do evil, in the end its about what you do...3) But good is harder than evil. Isn't that Judeo-Christian morality in a nutshell? Evil, moral weakness, is portrayed typically as a passive act {at the core}, a surrender to temptation that gives way to action. One struggles to lead the virtuous life, not the other way around....</blockquote>

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