This episode is an interview/discussion with David Bather Woods. David is an assistant professor in the University of Warwick's philosophy department, and a previous guest of this podcast.   In this episode, we discuss various questions about evil and evil-doers, including: - Do you have to be free to be evil? - If we aim to understand evil-doers, do we risk forgiving them? - If our situations were different, could we all do evil things? - What makes an evil act evil, rather than just very bad? Some links: - David's popular episode on Schopenhauer Books David recommended: - Being Evil: a philosophical perspective by Luke Russell - Eichmann in Jerusalem: a report on the banality of evil by Hannah Arendt - At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and Its Realities by John Améry - Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy by Susan Neiman - The Atrocity Paradigm: A Theory of Evil by Claudia Card  - Evil: A History edited by Andrew P. Chignell  If you have any feedback for the show, positive or critical, it would be very welcome. Check out the anonymous feedback form here.