Shrink Rap on Tony Soprano and Dr. Melfi:
The next question is whether or not ‘evil’ can be cured. If not, why attempt treatment? As Anonymous Commenter correctly pointed out, ‘evil’ is a tricky term. It falls outside the realm of medicine and carries quite a boatload of value-laden judgement. There are behaviors that all would agree are so far outside the realm of compassion that most people would consider them evil. On the other hand, one could make the argument that non-violent criminal activity which harms large numbers of people (eg. Enron and the financial devestation of shareholders) is evil.
