Problem
Cruelty
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
BarbarityBeastliness
Cruel people
Nature:
Cruelty is the wilful infliction of unnecessary pain and suffering, i.e. pain and suffering that are not necessary to achieve morally important ends and thus cannot be justified by those ends. Cruelty is the infliction of pain and suffering for their own sake on any sentient creature that can experience pain and undergo suffering. It can be physical, emotional or spiritual. It can be directed toward humans or other animals and, some would suggest, toward plants. It is destructive toward both the perpetrator and the victim.
Broader Problems:
Unkindness Narrower Problems:
MasochismVerbal abuseMental crueltyFamily violenceDisguised crueltyCruelty to childrenViolence against womenCruelty to animals Abusive treatment of the aged Related Problems:
BestialityPitilessness Aggravates:
Maltreatment of prisoners Strategies:
Using barbarityBeing cruel Subject(s):
Innovative change → ChangePsychology → Behaviour
Societal Problems → Maltreatment
Society → People
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
B: Basic universal problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST