![]() ![]() Unlike the amoral motivation we call It Amused Me, which may lead to evil in the pursuit of ( attachment-free) amusement, someone whose motivation is For The Evulz knows and cares about the morality of their actions - insofar as they deliberately choose to do evil, and delight in doing so. On the other hand, some villains cannot be reasoned with because there is nothing reasonable about their reasons for acting. If a villain's motivations can just be understood, they can be reasoned with - sometimes. Ambition, zeal, greed, pride, envy, lust, wrath, fear, love, hatred, bigotry, revenge, misery, jealousy, resentment, selfishness, anguish, misanthropy, good intentions, a troubled childhood, the desire for utopia, fame, and other warped "ideals" can all drive people to evil in ways that we understand and may be familiar with. Most people have logical motivations for their actions, so by extension most villains have logical motivations for (morally) reprehensible actions and intentions.
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