What exactly defines evil? The answer seems simple: Evil is the opposite of good. Yet not all that is bad or terrible is morally evil. Notions of what people consider good, bad, or evil are subject to ongoing change. Furthermore, evil often begins on a small scale – in instances where people deliberately harm others or prioritize their own interests over those of others. But how can we prevent something bad from becoming evil?
Scientist Harald Lesch and theologian Thomas Schwartz talk about evil in the Bible and the “theodicy question”: If God is good and all-powerful, why is there suffering and evil in the world? And in what way are people’s individual freedoms connected to this? Together, Lesch and Schwartz analyze the responsibility each individual bears. After all, evil doesn’t begin only with war, violence, or crime. Paying attention, speaking out, forming one’s own judgments, and taking responsibility can prevent boundaries from being pushed further and further.
WRITER & DIRECTOR: Nina Koshofer CAMERA: Tom Bresinsky, Anna Baranowski EDITOR: Lisann Schmeing SOUND: Anton Schlichter MUSIC: Ritchie Staringer COMMISSIONING EDITOR: Christiane Otteny (Kath. Fernseharbeit), Isabel Löchte (ZDF)
