Personally I think we do a disservice to label EVIL as mental illness. Some actions in this world are just EVIL. And labeling it all as mental illness simply creates more stigma around mental illness. Jeffery Dahmer was EVIL. And, do some of these evil people perhaps have some underlying mental disorders too? Yes. But, portraying their acts as a product of mental illness creates fear and stigma that someone with anxiety might SNAP. I think we need to call evil what it is.
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Evil vs Mental Illness
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Just googled the definition of the word 'evil' and it says:
profoundly immoral and wicked.
Mentally ill people are capable of doing profoundly immoral and wicked things for sure. So are "normal" people. I think anyone is capable of doing something evil during a lapse of judgment or in the heat of the moment. When it becomes an compulsion and they cannot stop themselves from doing such things, then I'd say thats when mental illness comes into play.
profoundly immoral and wicked.
Mentally ill people are capable of doing profoundly immoral and wicked things for sure. So are "normal" people. I think anyone is capable of doing something evil during a lapse of judgment or in the heat of the moment. When it becomes an compulsion and they cannot stop themselves from doing such things, then I'd say thats when mental illness comes into play.
First instance that comes to mind here is Mongoloid people. As a group, they do have a birth defect/mental issues. Maybe some societal 'flaws', but certainly not evil or to be afraid of.
I've always been of the opinion that mental illness doesn't excuse a person's actions. If you go out and do evil shit you should still be held accountable, mental illness or not. A lot of prisoners try to use mental illness as a cop out and it doesn't work. They don't realize that people aren't that stupid.
god gave all humans a conscience and morality, as well as free will... humans know what's evilness and wickedness, but still does it... not all humans that are mentally ill cause harm and/or evilness... all humans that cause harm and/or evilness are mentally ill in one way or the other... still doesn't disqualify them from earning their judgment...
There are those among us who are truly mentally ill.
There are those among us who are truly evil.
There is danger is confusing the two.
There are those among us who are truly evil.
There is danger is confusing the two.
Like this guy. I'm still both disappointed and confused how he never got capital punishment.
Nikolas Cruz - Wikipedia
Like this guy. I'm still both disappointed and confused how he never got capital punishment.
Nikolas Cruz - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
He didn't get "put down" because he was a minor at the time of the crime.
And, as is the way of things....
He WILL get out before he assumes room temperature.
Depending on who you ask, this is a very controversial and apparently difficult question to answer. The real answer is that there is a very big difference between mental illness and 'evil'. Every time someone does something horrible, they try to blame "oh I'm sick mentally". There are so many people in this world who have some type of mental illness, whether it be autism, bipolar, depression, etc and they NEVER do anything remotely heinous.
There are so many people who seem opposed to the idea that people can be born evil. "Nah, it was how he was raised." Fuck right off. Evil exists, it might not be a flashing neon sign, but it's there, and it has NOTHING to do with mental illness.
There are so many people who seem opposed to the idea that people can be born evil. "Nah, it was how he was raised." Fuck right off. Evil exists, it might not be a flashing neon sign, but it's there, and it has NOTHING to do with mental illness.
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