It is often said that deploying the word "evil" in cases like this risks obscuring what happened, not understanding it. There is some truth in the observation – though the very expressivism of the word "evil" is useful too, keeping the horror of what has happened in view. There is something unspeakable about evil; there should be something unspeakable about evil.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
The void ...
... Evil is not about what killers like Kiaran Stapleton have, but what they lack | Mark Vernon | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment