Speaking of Serial Killers and evil....

Evil is relative.

Morally wrong is perhaps more concrete if we consider the concepts of mala inse and mala prohibita, in which case they would be morally in the wrong.

I don't think evil is so easily measured, if it indeed exists as a concept.

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Evil is relative.

Morally wrong is perhaps more concrete if we consider the concepts of mala inse and mala prohibita, in which case they would be morally in the wrong.

I don't think evil is so easily measured, if it indeed exists as a concept.

ugh excuse me ed gein is a perfect example of evil any body that wears a mask out of human skin and murdes people with a chainsaw is evil

That's from your perspective though, and although it is generally shared, it's not provable.

Ending an innocent humans life is evil. Evil is a constant on earth just like gravity.

Gravity is scientifically measurable though, evil is abstract. I'm not disputing that something may be 'evil' to you, and indeed to many or most, as murder is. It's just not a constant because if there is one person that thinks murder is not evil, then it cannot be provably evil. You could deny gravity, but it would still exist regardless.

That's why I mentioned the concept of mala inse.

Originally posted by §words point
Ending an innocent humans life is evil. Evil is a constant on earth just like gravity.

I think that that depends on the circumstances. What if it is self defense or a pure act of rage and madness. Are you saying that the person that commited the crime was evil or just the crime is evil, because I think there are certain times where those both are not true.

Precisely, and thus evil is as nebulous as a concept like love.

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Precisely, and thus evil is as nebulous as a concept like love.

dude! In english please? Your posts all sound like nuculear physics. 😛

And I think that is why "good" people can never understand why people turn into serial killers. (that are evil) I just don't think it could be understood.

Originally posted by Jedi Priestess
dude! In english please? Your posts all sound like nuculear physics. 😛

I thought that was straight forward. 😕

I was just making the point that if evil means different things to different people, it's hard to say something is definitely evil. Moral absolutists would argue that some things are inherently evil.

aaaahhhhh that one I understood! 😉

I read somewhere that the children of clinically insane women are more likely to develop serial killer caracteristics.

And hey, some of these people just want to be noticed, i get that, and the whole upbringing thing, i think thats key (in cases that are not crimes of passion etc.) If a child had a really bad childhood, then he/she might want revenge. Same with mothers who kill their child's abuser. I think thats justified, but those cases arnt evil, the crime itsself is bad yeh, but the person isnt.

But serial killers, woah. They are pretty bad. They must have a reason to do the things they do, they're mad at someone or something and it grows to encompass more than it began with, and i dont think they can help that. I guess that they have no other way to turn after they commited their first.

And if you cant be famous, be infamous! lol i make myself laugh...

*tumbleweed rolls past....*

Well, I guess some of us are saying that kids can turn into serial killers because of their environment, well I think that's bull. That could be a factor, but there is something deep inside, evil, that really triggers it.

maybe their born evil...but like i said in other threads...in their prespectives they think they are doing good.

hitler killed jews. our perspective was bad but in his perspective he thought he was doing the right thing.

So am i evil coz i think hitler had the right idea? not the killing thing, coz thats a bit bad, but he wanted his country back the way it should have been, with germans in it. I wish ppl wud stay in their own country.... kinda, but i wudnt kill them coz of it...

lol id laugh if the english started killin me coz i live in their country 🐰

How do you know that Bundy didn't have a bad upbringing?

I should think it's a combination of genetic predisposition and horrific circumstances.

Again… evil is such a loaded word. And indeed very nebulous. What is good? Huh?

Let’s look at the serial killers. Would any person in their right mind go on such killing sprees? Are the serial killers stock-raving insane rather than “evil”?
Psychotic means you can no longer distinguish reality from fiction – right from wrong. People her voices, feel compelled to do strange things etc.

Does evil not AT LEAST require a sane mind? And then – can a sane person commit an act of evil?

Don't see how the terms 'evil' and 'unhealthy' are mutually exclusive. Insane does literally mean unhealthy rather than out of control.

Shaber> Since when does insane mean unhealthy?