Poll: Which is scarier?

[Johnnyallstar]

The one who believes he is doing the right thing will be incredibly more intent on seeing it through. If someone doesn't care about their actions, they can be easily swayed to cease.

The misguided zealot is much harder to deal with than the chaotic miscreant.

 

[Ultraman950]

The second, he who knowingly does evil.

If the evil man thinks he's really doing the right thing, perhaps he could be dissuaded from doing the evil things he's doing. I see this evil-doer as more tragic than evil.
For example, Loghain from Dragon Age: Origins. He thought he was doing the right thing. He wanted to protect his people, he just went about it the wrong way, and at the end, he apologizes for it and wants to redeem himself.

The apathetic evil-doer, however, is unlikely to listen to anyone about anything, because he doesn't fucking care. And odds are he killed all the people that wanted to talk to him. This is what TV Tropes would call a "Complete Monster", and with good reason.

 

[bak00777]

One who is convinced they are doing the right thing imo.

Currently im working on a story invovling a villian like that. So convinced that they are doing the right thing that they dont care if it seems evil.