'The more you know about them, the less comfortable you are calling them evil,' he says. 'They're saying words that have the guise of adding explanation.' He also criticises a stanford encyclopaedia article in which it is claimed an action can only be explained by one kind of motivation. But how is that? They're selling us snake oil - this is our version of phacking.
David and Tamler descend into the dark pits of Hell to look Satan in the eyes and discover the nature of evil. OK…that’s not fully accurate, we just read and talk about a couple of philosophy articles that analyze the concept. What are the features of evil people and acts? Does evil just mean ‘really really really really bad’ or is it categorically different in some way? Can you be evil without ever actually causing harm? Is Tony Soprano evil?
Plus we take a "moral alignment" quiz (inspired by role playing games like Dungeons and Dragons). We both want to end up as ‘chaotic good’ but does it turn out that way? And what kind of character is a unicorn?
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