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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aristotle" data-source="post: 1146597" data-attributes="member: 5885">This would have to be where you and I disagree (and I'm ok with that). I believe that a person is often evil long before performing an evil act. In my eyes, your choice to be good or evil lies just as much in your soul as it does in your deeds.The difference (once again, this is my opinion) is not that a good character wrestles his demons while a bad character gives in to them, so much as a good character acknowledges they are wrong and repents them and an evil character entertains and desires them. The fact that the character never actually performed the evil action might not signal that he has beaten back his demons. It might simply indicate he never found the oportunity to release them. Don't mistake calculated intelligence for self-control and valor.So, my answer to your original question is yes. I believe someone can be evil without ever actually commiting evil acts. Although I do concede that they are more likely to commit such acts.</blockquote>