Conditions of Evil

I asked my kids while we were watching Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: who’s the most evil villain you can think of? Riley said Pennywise. &#xA; Ugh. &#xA; Here’s the thing about Pennywise, or the Joker, or any villain whose evil exists purely for its own sake: they’re boring . Not as horror – they’re effective enough at making you check the shower curtain. But as moral objects they’re…