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Does evil come from within, and if so why?

There’s a neurobiological cause and a hormonal cause and a chemical cause and a genetic cause, and, of course, there are always environmental and historical factors.

Stoic Teacher
1 min readMay 19, 2022
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* 1. A sense of power, 2. a sense of entitlement. 3. Knowledge that one can get away with it most of the time. 4. Complete lack of sensitivity or empathy to other lives 5. Extreme selfishness even at the cost of others . . . . . .

* There’s a neurobiological cause and a hormonal cause and a chemical cause and a genetic cause, and, of course, there are always environmental and historical factors.

* Yes, humans are inherently selfish.

* Evil is a judgement we make on others

* There is no evil. This is the way the world is and there is nothing wrong with it.

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