Every human action starts with intention.
Intention to get a need met.
No action starts with the intent to harm another, without a reason.
There’s always a justification for harm: the ends justify the means.
These rationalizers in the psyche are trying to protect the fearful child self deep within, who, through trauma and terror and disassociation, has been shunned.
Internal Family Systems therapy calls these rationalizers protector parts.
When you dive into IFS, combined with NVC, you see that “evil” is a shortcut to understanding acts of harm.
I invite you to deepen your curiosity about human behavior.
