Evil
Rightness
Rightness noun - Conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong.
Usage example: she seems to confuse rightness with self-righteousness
Both words in one sentence
- Do not confuse with Jumping Off the Slippery Slope, which is when someone on the same side of the heroes but on a morally gray path commits an evil act to prove the rightness of the heroes' path.
Source: Slowly Slipping Into Evil -
Broken Aesop: The first few books have Richard being told that most people who end up doing great evil honestly believed that they were doing the right thing, and that unquestioning belief in the rightness of one's cause is the most dangerous thing in the world.
Source: Literature / Sword of Truth - The first few books the Sword of Truth series have Richard being told that most people who end up doing great evil honestly believed that they were doing the right thing, and that unquestioning belief in the rightness of one's cause is the most dangerous thing in the world.
Source: Broken Aesop / Literature
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