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Simon McCarthy-Jones: Mischief

What exactly is mischief, how does it work and why are we naughty in the first place? What makes a person act evil in a moment? Can evil be a force for good? Are we mean because we are deeply morally hurt or for some selfish reasons? Is it true that evil people are often unpleasant and unsympathetic? Are men meaner than women? Is righteousness an effective defense against wickedness? How to deal with mischief on social networks?

The author of the book, Simon McCarthy-Jones, associate professor of clinical psychology and neuropsychology at the Department of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin, assumes that the mischief has deep roots. There are four basic ways of interacting with another person - cooperation, selfishness, altruism, and mischief is our "fourth behavior" - behavior with which we behave to the detriment of others, as well as ourselves. The question immediately arises as to why natural selection would not eradicate behavior in which everyone loses, behavior that should not exist, that presents a clear and terrible danger.

In order to control evil, it is necessary to study and understand it well. And when we study evil more closely, we will notice something else - that evil can also be a force that serves good. It can help us to be brilliant, to create and paradoxically, it can enable collaboration and be a powerful weapon to prevent injustice. Because as long as there is injustice and unfair inequality, we will need evil, and understanding the origin of evil and its internal mechanism gives us the opportunity to make good use of it.

HOW IS EVIL SHAPING THE MODERN WORLD?

About dominant, counterdominant and evolutionary evil.
Is evil an existential threat to humanity?
  Mischief and gossiping; mischief and genetics
    Why do we punish the generous?
    Do we direct evils only at humans or…?

As long as there is injustice, we will need wickedness, and as long as there is wickedness, there will be injustice. Mischief is part of the problem and part of the solution. Understanding the origin of evil and its inner mechanism gives us the opportunity to put it to good use. To leave her in the shadows would be to invite her to join us.

         Simon McCarthy-Jones, author

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