Morally evil philosophers?

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Morally evil philosophers? Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 03:34:47 607177 No.1211

Is there any with published work?

Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 05:13:26 607177 No.1213

>morally evil

I think the closest you will get to this will be Marquis de Sade. In all honesty, the guy was really just an extreme libertine, who held anarchist views, advocated psychosocial freedom [people should be allowed to explore their desires], and was thrown into the insane asylum for rejecting the dominating social ethos of his time.

On the note of morally evil:
a philosopher that advocates they ascribe to "evil" would be hard-pressed in proving that their "evilness" is not just a reiteration of their own perceptive "goodness".

I suppose, if you're truly curious, you could always look into psychopathy and/or serial killers. However, this heads into extreme moral relativism and amorality when advocates of "evil" claim that their views are such.

Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 07:01:12 607177 No.1215

>>1213
Thanks man I will look into Marquis.
I think I looking into serial killers and psychopaths would be pretty neat as well.

Anonymous 06/14/15 (Sun) 20:56:52 607177 No.1697

Hegel is the worst

Anonymous 06/14/15 (Sun) 21:37:42 607177 No.1700

>morally evil

so subjective m8...

Anonymous 06/15/15 (Mon) 02:09:19 607177 No.1705

>>1211

In relation to todays standard as well as the canon of philosophy, Machiavelli is probably the closest to "morally evil". Sade works, but calling him a philosopher is a stretch.

>>1213

>was thrown into the insane asylum for rejecting the dominating social ethos of his time

He also owned what were essentially slaves, and non-consenting ones at that. His idea of psychosocial freedom was very hierarchic, to my knowledge at least.

Anonymous 12/24/15 (Thu) 06:51:57 607177 No.2922

The God of the old testament is, to me, the closest thing to absolutely evil. Have you read the book of Job?

The books all came from different sources, times, peoples, but there is a malevolent God in many of them that is truly hard to understand because he's so twisted. It's almost as if ancient man was so traumatized he could only envision a completely fucked creator. The old testament God is so evil, he practically makes no sense. Ancient man was probably bewildered.

The universe being completely indifferent seems obvious. Attempting to give it personality gives it the strangest character of all time. I doubt any person could be as evil as a completely indifferent universe. An indifferent despot would have a similar type of evil character.

There's a lot of bad shit in there, but the book of Job is a good place to start.

Anonymous 12/24/15 (Thu) 07:13:42 607177 No.2923

>>2922

Compare and constrast life and environment in Judea and Athens and you can see how and why their subsequent philosophies are so different.

>inb4 Le epik hat may may

Max Stirner 12/24/15 (Thu) 07:15:35 607177 No.2924

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I have created the perfect philosophy for sociopaths.

Anonymous 12/24/15 (Thu) 16:24:39 607177 No.2938

>>1211

They wouldn't call themselves evil or, at least, would redefine the term to be non-negative.

You have to assume the existence/definition of actual good and evil (this is an active meta-debate) and objective morality for such a question to even work.

Anonymous 12/25/15 (Fri) 06:15:49 607177 No.2965

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10/10

Anonymous 12/25/15 (Fri) 13:35:34 607177 No.2972

Might is Right by Ragnar Redbeard is for you anon