“True evil exists and most people have witnessed it”
Agree
- Some acts have no redeeming explanation
- Intentional cruelty proves evil is real
- History shows evil beyond circumstance
- Personal malice exists separate from trauma
- Everyone's seen deliberate harm for pleasure
Disagree
- All behavior has psychological explanations
- Evil is just extreme hurt people
- Trauma and environment explain everything
- Calling things evil stops understanding
- Most 'evil' is mental illness or damage
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