American psychiatrist M. Scott Peck describes evil as a kind of personal "militant ignorance".Peck, M. Scott. (1983, 1988). People of the Lie: The hope for healing human evil. Century Hutchinson. According to Peck, an evil person is consistently self-deceiving, deceives others, psychologically projects his or her evil onto very specific targets,Peck, 1983/1988, p. 105 hates, abuses power, and lies incessantly.Peck, M. Scott. (1978, 1992), The Road Less Travelled. Arrow. Evil people are unable to think from the viewpoint of their victim. Peck considers those he calls evil to be attempting to escape and hide from their own conscience (through self-deception) and views this as being quite distinct from the apparent absence of conscience evident in sociopaths. He also considers that certain institutions may be evil, using the My Lai Massacre to illustrate. By this definition, acts of criminal and state terrorism would also be considered evil.
American psychiatrist M. Scott Peck describes evil as a kind of personal "militant ignorance".Peck, M. Scott. (1983, 1988). People of the Lie: The hope for healing human evil. Century Hutchinson. According to Peck, an evil person is consistently self-deceiving, deceives others, psychologically projects his or her evil onto very specific targets,Peck, 1983/1988, p. 105 hates, abuses power, and lies incessantly.Peck, M. Scott. (1978, 1992), The Road Less Travelled. Arrow. Evil people are unable to think from the viewpoint of their victim. Peck considers those he calls evil to be attempting to escape and hide from their own conscience (through self-deception) and views this as being quite distinct from the apparent absence of conscience evident in sociopaths. He also considers that certain institutions may be evil using the My Lai Massacre to illustrate. By this definition, acts of criminal and state terrorism would also be considered evil.