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Renewed Life : Journal of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Vol. 40. No. 1., 1985.

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Why is Man Evil?

Mihaly Szentmartoni orcid id orcid.org/0009-0008-2947-0053 ; Filozofski fakultet Družbe Isusove u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska

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Abstract

The existence of evil is a fact. There are authors (like Szondi) who argue that evil is inevitable. The author of the above article challenges this theory and maintains that at the level of individual psychology evil is not necessary to personal self-realization. He reaches this conslusion by analysing the motives of evil. The main motives are good but misplaced, protest against the existing world-order, false self-image and false sense of rights. Evil in psychology is often equated with agression. Again, two opposing views contend for explanation: agression is an innate trait, and agression is a learned trait. The author maintains that agression is created by false educational systems.

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Hrčak ID:

54255

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/54255

Publication date:

20.2.1985.

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