I don’t think “goals which fundamentally clash with my goals” is quite what you mean, here.
For example, if I want the last cookie, and you also want the last cookie, our goals clash, but neither of us is necessarily evil (nor insane, nor irrational).
It sounds to me like the word konkvistador wants is “alien.”
Perhaps “fundamentally” was too opaque. We both want a cookie, but it’s not a top level goal for either of us. Given that, either of us might be argued out of wanting a cookie by rational means. If acquiring a cookie were a top level goal for both of us, and there were no other ways to acquire cookies than to take the last cookie, then we would each be evil in the value system of the other.
I don’t think “goals which fundamentally clash with my goals” is quite what you mean, here.
For example, if I want the last cookie, and you also want the last cookie, our goals clash, but neither of us is necessarily evil (nor insane, nor irrational).
It sounds to me like the word konkvistador wants is “alien.”
Yes.
Perhaps “fundamentally” was too opaque. We both want a cookie, but it’s not a top level goal for either of us. Given that, either of us might be argued out of wanting a cookie by rational means. If acquiring a cookie were a top level goal for both of us, and there were no other ways to acquire cookies than to take the last cookie, then we would each be evil in the value system of the other.
I hope I’ve been clearer. :)
A paperclipper has a top level goal that clashes with my own, but I wouldn’t call it evil.
If there was a species of aliens whose top level goal was the extermination of all happiness in the universe, I would call that evil.
Evil is not just the clashing of goals. I would probably define it as “the intentional pursuit of disutility”.
Or if you want an even more technical description, evil is “a utility function that incorporates a negative factor for the utility of others”.
As the paperclipper cares zero for mankind, that’s not innately evil. Hatred of others is evil, sadism is evil, spitefulness is evil.