noun
radical evil
A technical term in Kantian philosophy referring to the innate human propensity toward evil, as discussed in Kant's 'Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason'. Not used in everyday Japanese.
カントの『根本悪』の概念は、人間の道徳的悪の根源を問う。
Kant's concept of 'radical evil' questions the root of human moral evil.
A compound of 根本 (root, fundamental) and 悪 (evil), used as a translation of Kant's 'radical evil' (radikales Böse). The term is primarily encountered in academic philosophical contexts.