Are you willing to have a neverending discussion, with everyone talking past each other, and no working definition for the central concept we’re supposed to be examining?
I’m not in charge of the discussion, so it’s not a question of what I’m willing to do. I’ve told you how to get the starting definition you’re looking for. As I said: you can start with an ostensive definition by listing examples of evil acts. Then you can find common elements. For example, it might become apparent, after surveying them, that evil acts have in common that they all have victims against whose will the evil acts were committed and who are harmed by the evil acts. It might also become apparent that the evil acts involved one or another form of transgression or trespass against certain boundaries. You might like to study what the boundaries are.
Are you willing to have a neverending discussion, with everyone talking past each other, and no working definition for the central concept we’re supposed to be examining?
I’m not in charge of the discussion, so it’s not a question of what I’m willing to do. I’ve told you how to get the starting definition you’re looking for. As I said: you can start with an ostensive definition by listing examples of evil acts. Then you can find common elements. For example, it might become apparent, after surveying them, that evil acts have in common that they all have victims against whose will the evil acts were committed and who are harmed by the evil acts. It might also become apparent that the evil acts involved one or another form of transgression or trespass against certain boundaries. You might like to study what the boundaries are.