THANKYOU Bath! I was just wondering if and where to put this myself.

I think "evil" needs some definition before we can decide if some people are born that way. I do not think a person can be evil, but i believe they can commit evil acts. I also think it is natural (if not fair) to describe a PERSON as evil if they have committed a great many evil acts and show either no remorse or insufficient remorse given their crimes.

Your use of the word "seduce" interests me. It implies evil is the attractive option, the one which we must resist, rather than the deplorable which we must steel ourselves to do.

Also, i wonder if others would think a mass murderer differs from a serial killer? To me the evil of Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Polpot, was the evil of reading and understanding and giving the order anyway. But a serial killer commits the crime him/her self. That is a different kind of evil.

So, what is "evil"?

Bec