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Discover LudwigThe phrase "capable of evil" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to describe a person or entity that has the potential to do something that is considered morally wrong or unethical. For example, "Many politicians are capable of great deeds, but they can also be capable of evil if left unchecked."
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History teaches us that human beings are capable of evil.
In Kantian terms, the court confirmed his human dignity by finding him capable of evil.
The Jungian idea of the shadow: someone who's unable to accept that they may be capable of evil is mad".
It is from the most powerful, and those most capable of evil, that Zarathustra demands, "I want the good from you".
The grimmest lesson from 1994 is that men are capable of evil most people would consider "unimaginable", had they not seen the rows of punctured skulls.
Nor do his attempts to link his own violence and Duch's to a larger statement about humanity — essentially, that we are all capable of evil — rise above cliché.
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Will we cry out to God, the only One capable of defeating evil, the One who saw the wickedness inside man's heart, and offered a way for him to turn from it, and really truly believe that He has the power to heal all this brokenness?
We are all capable of committing evil acts – look at the atrocities meted out in wartime.
She felt as if she were capable of more evil than she'd realized.
People are capable of doing evil things to one another, sometimes from ignorance but sometimes in the name of revenge.
Google's staff are just as capable of being evil, through omission or commission, as anyone else.
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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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