bbleeker comments on Morality open thread - Less Wrong

6 Post author: Will_Newsome 08 July 2012 02:30PM

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Comment author: tut 09 July 2012 02:35:58PM 1 point [-]

Evil, I believe, is taking pleasure in other peoples' pain.

No, the word for that is sadism. Evil is about how you judge a person('s actions, motivations etc), not purely about their experience/values.