I would agree, Ron. The vital thing is motive.

But....destructive motives are generally simply due to an inadequate understanding of life. Example: an oil company executive whose primary motive is to increase the profits of his company and to rise up the corporate ladder may help back a policy which inevitably destroys the lives of many people in some small country. In so doing, he has concentrated on the small picture (his company and his career), but he has failed to grasp the big picture. He has an inadequate understanding of life. He will be seen as "evil" by those his policies hurt. Maybe he is not evil, maybe he's just too narrow in his awareness.