I wonder how you would explain actually evil people. In the framing of this post, I mean ones who don’t just exploit ‘less-conditional cooperators’ for own gain, but are intrinsically pleased by the idea of others coming to harm. At least some such people exist[1].
My answer is values don’t have to converge, and human value conflicts are more severe than people like to think, for many reasons.
There doesn’t have to be a nice/simple reason for why some people are pleased by the idea of others coming to harm.
My answer is values don’t have to converge, and human value conflicts are more severe than people like to think, for many reasons.
That doesn’t seem related to the question (e.g., it’s not an evolutionary explanation, but it’s also not about the particular frame in the OP). I’m also confused why you seem to write that under many posts, but that’s tangential.
There doesn’t have to be a nice/simple reason for why some people are pleased by the idea of others coming to harm.
Of course, but this shouldn’t stop us from looking for particular reasons. OP’s analysis was interesting, so I wondered if they have another interesting one for the opposite case.
My answer is values don’t have to converge, and human value conflicts are more severe than people like to think, for many reasons.
There doesn’t have to be a nice/simple reason for why some people are pleased by the idea of others coming to harm.
That doesn’t seem related to the question (e.g., it’s not an evolutionary explanation, but it’s also not about the particular frame in the OP). I’m also confused why you seem to write that under many posts, but that’s tangential.
Of course, but this shouldn’t stop us from looking for particular reasons. OP’s analysis was interesting, so I wondered if they have another interesting one for the opposite case.
Useful point.
I agree somewhat with the evolutionary argument you gave.