AlvinofDiaspar
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Adm. Beez:
I don't think you can put pure evil as a subset of mental illness. The former requires an understanding of the consequences of one's actions and the deliberate choice at every juncture to engage in that action in spite of that understanding. Predisposition does not equate to an erosion of agency, much less dictating the finality of outcome.
AoD
One could argue that much of the prison population that we might call pure evil is mentally ill. Paul Bernardo, Russell Williams, etc. are in jail because their mental state, that of sociopaths and psychopaths led them to be evil. Of course they understood their actions, and are in jail for good reason. Can we call pure evil a mental illness, or perhaps just a social illness?
I don't think you can put pure evil as a subset of mental illness. The former requires an understanding of the consequences of one's actions and the deliberate choice at every juncture to engage in that action in spite of that understanding. Predisposition does not equate to an erosion of agency, much less dictating the finality of outcome.
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