What do you believe is the root of evil: lack of knowledge, ignorance, or perhaps another cause?

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Lynx122 · Accepted Answer

I think there's many different ways to arrive at evil. I think you need a a lack of scrutiny of yourself lack of self awareness or just deluding yourself or not caring how bad of a person you are.

One of those things needs to be there because if you're self aware and you care about being a good person you will stop yourself from doing something bad even if you're going through a lot and your emotions are boiling over.

But aside from these things there's so many different ways to justify to yourself why you're doing something bad, why other people deserve it and different motivations.

sawno · Accepted Answer

I tried to philosophy that at some point, I forgot the conclusion I came to back then but its basically corruption in general. Things are perfect but with free will to make it imperfect, so then when people corrupt that has consequences. Those people now suffer lack, hurt, etc. And that feeling that pain then makes them act out and spread that evil, someone like me has to come along and take that pain without retaliation to actually heal it back up. Which the good people are doing luckily, but since there are evil people purposefully spreading more hurt that cycle never ends.

Damaged00 · Accepted Answer

I have to agree with the lack of empathy. Someone who lacks empathy has no morals, guilt, shame or remorse. They can literally do unimaginable evils to others without batting an eye. They have no limitations. Its scary.

Account · Accepted Answer

It is a combination of greed, fear, ignorance and the desire to relinquish responsibility by burdening another with it.  I think that is the magic recipe.

Universaldance · Answer

Through studying some scripture- lack of knowledge.

My own personal opinion besides studying eternal truth is any thought, action, or interaction that takes away from another person: could be taking from their ability, dignity, sources or morale in general. That can lead to the downfall of humanity in itself in my opinion.

Outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill is a great read or listen on Audiobook, def recommend if you’re a parent, or future family man/woman, leader, friend, advocate of good, or human in general. If you aren’t picking up any scripture because caught up in all of the religion stuff then definitely worth your time. We cannot question why the world is a certain way when we are given knowledge but people choose not to lead themselves to study and take personal responsibility over their lives

ProbablyClueless · Answer

Greed, ignorance, and genuine good intentions do a pretty stunning amount of damage.

I think there are very few genuinely, intentionally malignant people out there. It's only human nature to want to be the good guy in your own story and it's tough to feel like the good guy when you're intentionally inflicting harm on other people.

If you want to do a lot of really heinous things in the world; go up to a group of ignorant people, get them to trust you, and then convince them that you have the solution to make other people's lives better.

NaultD · Answer

One you shouldn't accept "evil" as a excuse. Not to forgive anyone but to protect ourselves and hold ourselves accountable in protecting and pursuing justice.

Like the saying "the road to hell is paved with good intentions." So at somepoint decant people fell off tye wagon.

The reality is people live in a risk vs reward economy and participate in economic exchanges. So it's all basic social economics how much can you risk it for the biscuit.

RebelinSteel · Answer

I think it varies, personally it’s not lack of knowledge or ignorance, some serial killers have been very intelligent, professional people.
if you look at the planning that went into concentration camps and the murder of millions, it was well planned and meticulously carried out.
for me

money, sex and power definitely feature in the roots, then there is free will, our reasoning, the human ability to view things using out morality.

SotiCoto · Answer

The closest thing there is to "evil" is believing in "evil" in the first place.
It is simply avoidance of reality. The real world has real consequences of real concern to the living. Labelling things as "evil" is just a weak excuse not to think them through rationally. Simply put, morality is for the mentally lazy and inept.

SunnyRS · Answer

These are all good reasons but I think the customs and beliefs that have been seeded in society also play a big role in creating evil, as the things outside our customs and beliefs create outcasts and some of those make bad choices that leads to them being more excluded and this loop creates evil.

Gent207-2 · Answer

Evil is the absence of good.  Evil does not care about personal identity, education, medicine, laws or ethics. You cannot eliminate nor regulate it. You must at all times be ready to defend yourself.

goaded · Answer

I'd say blind faith allows evil people to get good people to do evil things. Selfishness and greed is what drives most of their leaders, the ones who aren't maniacs who believe they're right about everything and are doing good as they do harm.

coxoabean · Answer

Money, I believe money is the root of all evil

OtterMan68 · Answer

The root of all evil is greed: greed for money, power, land, sex, etc. The societal roots are cowardice: The cowardice to stand up against evil.

Juxtapose · Answer

The root of evil is when you value yourself higher than other people to the point where you are willing to hurt other people to benefit yourself.

jahaims · Answer

Your question is redundant.  Ignorance - lack of knowledge or information. You basically just asked if the root of evil is ignorance, ignorance, or something else...

Sharkstealth · Answer

It's because they get what they want. People that are evil long for great things in life and their only guaranteed way of achieving that is by doing evil.

Anonymous · Answer

when people rebel against religion or choose to misinterpret and abuse religion for their own purposes than actually following it

9in_Serpent · Answer

money its always money that is the root of all evil since the dawn of time. Get rid of money in the world and you get rid of all evil

LiamS95 · Answer

Well, the Bible says the love of money is the root of all evil.

IWILLPLEASEYOU · Answer

Not able to trust her but he open to hear her feelings about the way her to me said I'm not that important to her.

Snakeyes7 · Answer

Deriving joy from the suffering of others is the truest of evils in my opinion.

NathanDavis · Answer

the lack of love...

4ngelic · Answer

lack of empathy

nawtee_me · Answer

Pride…. It was pride that caused Saran to fall from grace….

IslaTheWitch · Answer

ego...

Staximus · Answer

Lack of empathy

TallAnon · Answer

7 deadly sins is a good start

avery58 · Answer

Greed

kylee2437 · Answer

Greed

normalice · Answer

Insecurity

LadyBecks · Answer

Money and/or greed

Agape93 · Answer

Pride.

slatyb · Answer

Sociopathy.

paledreams · Answer

Ignorance ⭐

DJB72 · Answer

Love of money...

bowenw · Answer

Money

Misscouincouin · Answer

To me it’s arrogance

Sasquach · Answer

Lack of empathy

Dongie · Answer

It's money.

In_Trance · Answer

British imperialism

MacDaddyRico · Answer

Greed

Aiko_E_Lara · Answer

The way of thinking.

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