
Jordan Peterson: Tragedy Vs Evil | Personal Development
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The Developmental Pathway That Leads to Evil
I've tried to understand the developmental pathway that leads to acts like that. And it's aimed at de humanization, destruction of the ideal and, at an even deeper level, revenge against the conditions of existence itself. What appears to lie at the bottom of motivation for the excesses of behavior that characterize evil are two tightly causally related factors: arrogance and resentment. Both of those are tied up with vulnerability of human beings in the face of the infinite. But but tied up with something more profound as well.
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