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The phrase "an evil is" is not correct or usable in written English.
You could use the phrases "an evil exists," "evil exists," or "an evil pervades." For example, "An evil pervades society, leading to an increase in violence and crime."
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One controversial answer to this question is that nothing more is required: an evil is just a very wrongful action (Russell 2007).
A good is whatever produces pleasure in us, or diminishes evil, and an evil is whatever produces pain or diminishes pleasure.
This is the drift of modern mass-thought, the rhetorical terminus of Facebook activism: the belief that to name an evil is to tame it.
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We can't just see him as an evil being.
Calling a company evil is easy.
Indeed, voting for a lesser evil is still voting for evil.
"In a way, outside evil is a more comforting concept.
Divorce is an evil, cheating is an evil, there are circumstances in which cheating is the lesser evil".
To be an accomplice of evil is serious.
"Evil is a slippery slope," he says.
Evil is a difficult thing to eliminate".
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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