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<font color="blue">Finally, there are many probably false beliefs about the forces of “evil” that should be investigated. Examples:
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[*](1) That “evil” develops very early in childhood and becomes an unstoppable part of a person’s basic primitive personality.
[*](2) That “evil” urges can’t be psychologically explained and “evil” can’t be blamed on life events, like child abuse, emotional trauma, ethnic or religious hatred, psychological disorders, TV, friends, etc.
[*](3) “Evil” is an addiction, like in a serial killer, and is an insatiable thirst for a special “high” that comes with over-powering, injuring, and killing people or animals.
[*](4) That “evil” people experience no regrets or guilt about what they have done and have no wish to change. These assumed characteristics of “evil” can be can be studied and confirmed or refuted.

If the notion of evil is not researched, it may, like other social taboos, interfere with our psychological thinking about anger and violence for 100s of years. My belief is that “evil” is a left-over idea from centuries old religion and mysticism that needs to be replaced with research based concepts.

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