The phrase "acknowledging evil" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the recognition or acceptance of wrongdoing or malevolent actions in various contexts, such as literature, philosophy, or moral discussions.
Example: "In her essay, she emphasizes the importance of acknowledging evil in order to foster a more just society."
Alternatives: "recognizing wrongdoing" or "accepting malevolence".
Bloggers are questioning why a new Scholastic Klutz book entitled "Invasion of the Bristlebots" fails to acknowledge Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, who named and popularized the titular toothbrush robots.
Can we not anticipate the same outcome: the break-up of software's acknowledged evil empire and the emergence of its captive technologies into the world of fair competition?Alan TobeyBerkeley, CaliforniaProsperous or free?SIR – Mr Lee Kuan Yew judges the strength of a country by its economic prosperity ("A rational choice", April 22nd).
I would add that those who refuse to acknowledge evil are doomed to permit it.
St. Thomas said we must acknowledge evil and not ignore it; I am a religious man, and you are evil.
Payola, the practice of paying radio DJs money for airplay or pay to play, as it is more colloquially known has been an acknowledged evil in music since the 1950s.
Ask them if the resolve of Americans in crisis and difficulty, and yes, in the heartbreak of acknowledging the evil in our midst, doesn't have meaning far beyond their hatred.
And Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, acknowledging an evil mess, wanted to flee from past rulings and give Congress one more shot at finding a way to limit both contributions and expenditures.
As well as taking in Dr Grene's more adult issues of matrimonial infidelity and bereavement, Barry turns his piercing gaze on the pain of history as a whole: cataloguing the injuries of the Irish civil war, acknowledging the evil done by the Catholic church, and understanding that those who cause such trouble are often - in their own minds at least - innocent.
Furthermore, talking about the Catholic Church's homophobia in the '80s without acknowledging its evil role in the AIDS crisis is skewed, bleached journalism.
But he never moved adequately on acknowledging the evils frontier war and the many other malevolent elements of Australian history that stemmed from invasion, violent dispossession and assimilation.
