The case may be historical or fictional. If the case is historical, be sure to restrict your discussion of details to th

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The case may be historical or fictional. If the case is
historical, be sure to restrict your discussion of details to those
which are relevant given the main task of the writing assignment.
In other words, discuss facts that provide the necessary context
for your standpoint and that clearly demonstrate the occurrence of
at least one variety of evil. Fictional cases may be from an
external source like a novel, television show, or film; or they may
be a product of your own imagination. If you select a fictional
case from an external source, once again make sure you restrict
your discussion of the source to facts that provide the necessary
context for your standpoint and that clearly establish the
occurrence of one or more of the four varieties of evil. If you
decide to invent your own case, then you must write a narrative (a
story), and afterward conduct a conceptual analysis of the story,
in which you clearly demonstrate how the story contains a case of
at least one of the four varieties of evil. If you are using an
historical or fictional example from an external source, please
restrict yourself to a single online source, and provide a link to
the source. You do not need to include in-text citations of
external sources or of lesson material. I know that the source
material is not your own, and I know where the descriptions of the
varieties of evil come from. What I am assessing is your
application of moral concepts to cases, which is a
critical-reflective practice. This is not a research paper where
you support claims with references or direct quotes, but a critical
thinking piece where you demonstrate conceptual analysis skills.
The Four Varieties of Evil The four varieties of evil discussed in
the course thus far are (1) demonic, (2) instrumental, (3)
idealistic, and (4) banal. Please keep in mind that there are two
sub-varieties of instrumental evil, (a) Kantian radical evil and
(b) necessary evil, which should not be confused with one another.
If you think that none of the four varieties of evil adequately
account for the case you are discussing, then present your reasons
for why this is so. Make sure, however, that you have conducted a
conceptual analysis of your case and established to the best of
your ability that your case in fact is a case of a new, different
variety of evil, to avoid ending up arguing that something is not
one of the four varieties of evil when it in fact is. For example,
let’s say a student discusses an act of sadism, and thinks that
sadistic evil is distinct from all four varieties of evil discussed
in the course. This is inaccurate, and a conceptual analysis
reveals precisely how. Sadism is pleasure taken in the pain of
others, and a sadist who causes others pain against their will to
experience pleasure is in violation of moral principles as a means
to an end. Hence, the sadistic behaviour described here is in fact
an instance of instrumental evil of the Kantian radical evil
variety. Do not assume that because the specific motive or
disposition of the agent or agents of evil in your case are most
directly characterized by words like “sadism,” “hatred,” etc., they
do not fall under one of the four varieties of evil discussed in
the course. Whatever your case may be, ask yourself: Is it a
particular instance of and thus does it fall under one of the four
varieties of evil discussed in the course?