What is "Evil"?

Stanton, Samenow E., Dr. ""Evil" Exists, but Not as a Diagnosis." Psychology Today. N.p., 14 Mar. 2013. Web. 3 Apr. 2013.

This article talks about the idea of good vs evil.  How our society has grown accustomed to that idea by making movies that show good tiumphing over the evil villan or bad guy.  Evil isn't a disorder you can label someone with, yet evil people still exist in the world.  There is a criminal spectrum that the author talks about ranging from petty crimes to mass murders.  She then goes into discussing how different criminals along the spectrum see themselves.  In a few short words the criminals don't consider themselves "evil" because to them being "evil" is defined in a totally different way.  Which is why they are able to do the things they do, because in their own minds they can rationalize their behavior and actions. 

While I was reading this article I found a lot of the infromation really interesting.  For instance, a quote from one of the criminals quoted in the article was, "Crime is like ice cream; it's delicious."  That comment really took be aback.  It made me wonder why these people think this way and how they can.  What happened in their lifes that they need to express themselves by inflicting pain and harm onto others.  That is going to be my focus in this project.