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         %ADEQUATE THEORY OF EVIL REQUIRE ESSENTIAL+960716
       %TEMPT DISINTEGRATIVE BEHAVIOR PERSONAL FAIL+960716
      %COMMUNAL COOPERATION CONFLICT RESOLUTION SIN 960716

     Any  adequate THEORY OF EVIL will need at minimum  to
address the following issues:

     1.  Why   do   "good"   people  often  suffer   great
catastrophes?

     2.  Why go "evil" people often "prosper"?

     3.  Why do people willfully do what appears to  other
people to be "clearly evil"?

     4.  Why  do  people  so often willfully NOT  DO  what
appears to other people to be clearly "appropriate"?

     5.  How  are we best to deal with  "temptation"   and
common theories of "temptation"?

     6.  Do truly "evil" people exist?

     7.  What  is the word "evil"  most appropriately used
to  describe:   people?,  places?,   books?,   doctrines?,
ideals?,   values?,  principles?,  laws?,   institutions?,
religions?,   communities?,     personal   relationships?,
nations?, politics?, professions?, etc.

     8.  When is it evil to impute evil to some reality?

     9.  What is the way to transcend evil?

    10.  What is the way to augment evil?

     11.  What theories of evil lead us to augment evil?

     12.  What theories of evil lead us to transcend evil?

     13.  How is evil related to the theory of chaos?

     14.  Can evil be overcome through law and order?

     15.  How is evil related to fear, insecurity,
    addiction, defensiveness, alienation?

     16.  What absences are central to the nature of evil?

     Some  theories of the nature of evil tend to  promote
alienation,  estrangement,  misunderstanding and conflict.
Other  theories  of  the nature of evil  tend  to  promote
reconciliation, cooperation, and conflict resolution.   By
their  fruits  we may know something of the  integrity  or
lack of integrity of the theories of the nature of evil.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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