The Quantification Of Evil

Published: March 1, 2021, 6:11 p.m.

Can evil be quantified? Can we measure the impact of evil on individuals and society in a way that would make it an entry in a ledger? Evil is a concept mostly associated with Christian Theology. As such it is assumed to be at best a meaningless term, so subjective as to be useless in the scientific sense of the word. It is true, evil is a metaphysical term but honesty is a close parallel and we seem not to have much trouble measuring this, at least in banks. So, lets take another look at what evil is, remembering, what is more metaphysical than quantification and accounting?