Kenneth McKendrick

You know, you have to figure out the definition that you're using, and then you can go ahead and use it.

As a scholar, you know, that's

super important because if I'm going to study something, I have to start out by defining it.

And when I define evil, I've got this insanely big definition, you know, dangerous and aversions.

Anything that we decide to be dangerous or that we avoid, that's evil.

And when I do it in my classes, for the purpose of this class, we're going to define evil as dangerous and aversions.

And so anything that you decide is dangerous, anything that you've avoided is

That's going to be evil.

So if somebody calls you and you don't answer the call, they've avoided the call, then that person is evil.

Or if somebody doesn't listen to your podcast, they're avoiding your podcast, that person is evil.

Obviously, this is an artificial definition, right?

We're not saying you're evil and demonic.

What I like to do is then start looking at, okay, what do we avoid today?

What do we deem to be dangerous?

And then when you start looking at it that way, like issues of sexuality and corpses and stories about stuff, all of these things, all of a sudden we find out like, wow, we avoid a lot of things.

And there's a lot of things we decide are dangerous.

I mean, it's too big, right?

It encompasses a lot of different things.

It's too much.

I think when you're saying, like, these people are evil, I think you are also trying to paint them as corrupt.