![]() But time and ample research has not been kind to these antiquated notions. Traditional paradigms also suggest that people lash out only when they’re angry and that anger is always a response to feeling wronged. In other words, as anxious, insecure people, to some of us the best defense appears a strong offense. Traditional psychology paradigms suggest that people behave maliciously as a defense against perceived hostility or anticipated injury. But what, you might wonder, would make a person deliberately want to hurt someone else? For some, such malevolent intention is the very definition of evil. Just what is malice anyway? The word has its roots in the Latin, Old French and Spanish word for “evil” or “bad.” And from a legal perspective, malice is defined by the conscious intent to do harm. But there are some among us who do harm maliciously. All of us have done harm to others, and most of the time such harm is done inadvertently or unintentionally.
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