"No man knowingly does evil"- Socrates

Socrates was mostly correct, but not entirely. Yes, there exist those who feel that they are entitled to those things belonging to others due to unfortunate circumstances or historical injustices. They might later claim in court that they had an abusive childhood or a bad marriage that drove them to commit criminal acts; it's not really their fault. 

Cleveland area bank robber Eddie Watkins (tagged "Fast Eddie") had scorn for criminals who used that argument, mainly women in his opinion. He had a conversation with Dick Feagler (WKYC-TV, Channel 3 in Cleveland) at the Mansfield State Reformatory. From my recollection Watkins said something like this:I was sitting at a bar one night in Columbus and I had a conversation with another customer. He too had spent time at Mansfield State Reformatory. He had written many fraudulent checks and had initially been sent to Lebanon Correctional Institute, a minimum security facility. He promptly escaped, got recaptured, and was relocated to Mansfield, a maximum security facility. 

In the course of our conversation I asked him where he had gone wrong in his life, what mistakes he had made. He immediately answered, "I should have hired a better lawyer."  He took reponsibility for his actions. He knew he had done wrong in committing the crime and in his selection of attorneys. 

The third case was several years later and reported in the Akron Beacon Journal. A young black men (aged 19 or 20) had been convicted of killing another black man in the course of a drug sale gone awry. Another hearing was required to determine if he should be sentenced to death or life imprisonment. The defense attorney introduced evidence of a horrific father and his terrible abuse of the defendant. The lawyer claimed that the father had raped and beaten family members in front of other family members and had performed other depraved acts on his wife and children. 

The defendant stood up and said, "My father's not like that. He didn't do any of those things. I don't care if they do give me the [Electric] chair." The defendant knew right from wrong yet he followed an evil path. He got sentenced to life as I recall. 

Said by me in response to Sailor Jay( and his ilk if hypocritical GodBotherers)  saying that women who become pregnant should adopt out their babies.

yes. 




but get groups of them together and all manner of evil is possible.

Let's see what brother Satan has to say about it.




...Oh boy

I think you may have confused Blade's little tiny single functioning brain cell.

How else can evil be done if not knowingly?

I would consider that stupid.

Maybe evil needs to be defined.

There are many scenarios in which the absence of a clear definition of evil muddies the waters. If I say evil is the act of intentionally causing harm for no reason other than to cause harm, would you agree?