I was working on a moral system the other day, and it turned out that it is hard to define what evil is. I'm a satanist and I don't believe that cruelty or selfishness are evil and love and altruism are good for example. I came to the conclusion, that morality might not be absolute, but a historical process and different levels of scarcity necessitate different moral systems. I came to the conclusion, that self-hatred is the "last of the evils" so to say. However, self-hatred is only a symptom. I believe that the cause of self-hatred is virtue and the "good vs bad" dichotomy itself. If you think about it, it makes complete sense from a mythological standpoint. Lucifer is the most sneaky force in the universe, wouldn't it make sense for it to win the war of good vs evil by embodying the war itself?  Any time you affirm virtue, goodness, beauty, ability, competence, etc. you participate in the war against the respective opposite and therefore are evil, if it does not come from a place of scarcity. The alternative that needs to be put forward to replace virtue is authenticity. Don't ask: Is it good? Ask instead: Is it authentic? Only if one replaces virtue with authenticity, radical self-acceptance is possible, since virtue is too restrictive. Think about it. If you engage in a restrictive (moral) system, how do you expect to be able to breathe freely? Since I ditched virtuousness I feel so alive and have never been this productive.