A grand project
Alright, so I've started work on an inverse version of Plato's "The Republic." The premise is that I'm trying to figure out how to create the perfectly unjust state. There's a few things that are important to figure out in order to achieve this, so I intend to attempt using my LJ as a sort of discussion forum for the purpose of doing solid
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1. The evil man must be completely aware of the repercussions of his actions; a child isn't evil if he doesn't realize what harm his actions will do to others.
2. The evil man must not gain anything from said act; pure evil is evil in itself and for itself, with no extraneous motives to pollute it. Note that personal pleasure also fits into this category; the murderer who enjoys collecting torsos is not as evil as the man who does it for no other reason than causing harm to others.
3. The evil man seeks to harm others while elevating himself, for the sole purpose of committing greater evil acts.
In effect, I'm seeing the evil person as a kind of Karmic abyss. Disasters lead to inspiring relief efforts, murders lead to the solidarity of a community's surviving members, terrorist attacks unify countries, if only temporarily. The evil man avoids this, causing only harm with no semblance of good in any form to counteract it.
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