And actually, I'm interested in anyone's answer as to whether intent and perspective matter in determining whether an act is evil or not.Okay, hypothetically, let's say we live in this society. And doing charity is an act of evil that is banned by the God that we believe in. However, Isabel is from a society where they believe that doing charity is the most pure and good act anyone can do, as decreed by the God they believe in. She comes to our society, without knowledge of how we believe, and she starts to do charity for us. She thinks she is being a great citizen and a devout follower of her God. We think she is committing a dreadful and evil sin.
Is she evil?
(And what's all this talk about Life of Pi? That book did not hold my interest whatsoever. I didn't get more than a third of the way through it...)