Sadism is objective evil. Wanting to hurt others, for the sake of hurting them, is evil. A person can commit genocide and not even be evil. They would have to want the victims to feel the pain, not just seek an objective.
Wanting to hurt others, for the sake of hurting them, is evil
It looks evil when seen from the outside
Pain and sorrow sometimes make people do such things, it's not really evil in my book, it's more of idk, payback somehow
For the justice system, western one, intent matters when it comes to crime
That's what makes the difference between manslaughter, and murder
In the bible it's not written you shall not kill
Most people believe that's what's written, but that's not what it says
It says you shall not murder
Which is quite different
https://www.biblehub.com/exodus/20-13.htm
The king james among others says "shall not kill"
But the Young's Literal Translation for instance says 'Thou dost not murder.
It's murder, because kill doesn't make sense
You have a car accident you kill a pedestrian you go to hell? It's ridiculous, it's an accident
Murder (first degree) requires intent and premeditation
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But, the fact that god said it's a capital sin, is it enough to qualify it as evil deed?
Imagine you're a jew and you murder hitler (caricatural example for normies)
Is that evil? ... (if we start with the premise of 6 million) What's evil? Murdering him or letting him live? While there are no doubts regarding his intentions toward jews...
It's not simple those stories of good and evil
Maybe I'm wrong, but as far as I know, nowhere in the bible is evil defined
The devil is in the Bible (40 days and 40 nights in the desert). Not sure if that's a direct example, but meh.
While I mostly agree I could imagine it has some evolutionary purpose. Predators like lions are probably at least a little sadistic I would assume.
I think they simply are incapable of giving a single fuck about what the their meal feels or think
Cats play with their prey though.
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