The Irresistible Appeal Of Evil
Why ordinary people leap to embrace the chance to harm others
7 min readJun 13, 2022
First of all, let’s do what very few people even think of doing when talking about abstract concepts: we will define our terms. What, therefore, do we mean when we use the word evil? As its etymology suggests, for much of human history ordinary people have ascribed acts beyond the normal realm of human…