Most of the “evil” people I have encountered in life didn’t especially care what happened to other people. They didn’t seem to have much of a moral system or a conscience. If these people have a strong ability to predict the consequences of their actions, they will often respond to incentives. If they’re bad at predicting consequences, they can be a menace.
I’ve also seen (from a distance) a different behavior that I might describe as “vice signaling.” The goal here may be establishing credibility with other practitioners of various vices, sort of a mutually assured destruction.
Most of the “evil” people I have encountered in life didn’t especially care what happened to other people. They didn’t seem to have much of a moral system or a conscience. If these people have a strong ability to predict the consequences of their actions, they will often respond to incentives. If they’re bad at predicting consequences, they can be a menace.
I’ve also seen (from a distance) a different behavior that I might describe as “vice signaling.” The goal here may be establishing credibility with other practitioners of various vices, sort of a mutually assured destruction.