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Intrinsic Evil is a critical moral category. It is a category of those human behaviors which are immoral in any and every possible circumstance.[1] In other words, it is human behavior which, nomatter the circumatances, can never be classified as morally good or even morally neutral.[2] Torture, for example, is widely held to fall under the category of intrinsic evil.[3]




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  1. ^ "Catechism of the Catholic Church".
  2. ^ "Intrinsic Evil and Political Responsibility". America Magazine. 2008-10-27.
  3. ^ "Torture is an Intrinsic Evil" (PDF). United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.