An Evil Index

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Originally Posted by mrnoodle

Let's stop the semantic tennis match.

I understand that you think this is all semantics. But my basic point is that humans are innocent when they are born. They are not developed enough mentally as newborn babies to be selfish or manipulative or any shade of bad/evil. Babies don't cry because they are some shade of bad/evil/selfish. They cry for physical self-preservation.

As we all grow older, we do start to absorb those attributes, and you can start to discuss good/evil. While we may be genetically predisposed to have a particular tempermant, good and evil are learned (nurture, not nature).