Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== Belief in Good and Evil scale ====== There is another scale in "[[http://psp.sagepub.com/content/39/11/1455.full.pdf+html|Angels and Demons Are Among Us: Assessing Individual Differences in Belief in Pure Evil and Belief in pure Good]]" (2013, PSPB) In "Fighting the Good Fight: The Relationship Between Belief in Evil and Support for Violent Policies" (Campbell & Vollhardt, 2013, PSPB) : ===== The scale ===== <blockquote> Belief in Evil - There are people in the world who are evil - There are people in this world who are completely incapable of any type of goodness - There are people that bring nothing good to this world - There are political leaders in this world who are completely evil - There are “bad apples” in this world who will always be committing harm Capability for both - Everyone is capable of performing evil acts (R) - Each of us has the potential to do good and evil things (R) - Even so-called good people have the potential to be evil (R) - A person can be a good person in some ways and an evil person in others (R) - All of us can act evilly under certain circumstances (R) Redemptive violence - The decent people in this world are responsible for eliminating corruption, even if it sometimes requires brute force - Sometimes violence is necessary to get rid of evil leaders - It is our duty to deal with evil in the world, even if this means using force and violence - Sometimes violence is necessary to get rid of evil political systems - The use of violence is justified when it allows good to prevail over evil Belief in good - Some people are always good - There are people who bring only good things to the world - There are political leaders in the world who are completely good - There are people in this world who are completely incapable of committing any evil - Someone who is a good person in one area of life probably acts similarly in all other areas of life </blockquote> belief_in_good_and_evil_scale.txt Last modified: 2013/11/11 05:46by filination