If I describe a murder, where exactly in the description do I find the actual evil in it? Is it in the events themselves and in the death? Or in some normative evaluation of those events?

The evil in the murder will definitely lie in the action itself.

Explanation:

Death is the expected biological destination of all living thing.

Living things are described as such because they have the characteristic of being able to die.

Every living thing especially humans and in some cases animals and plants have the right to follow through this course (the Life-Death Continuum) naturally. Any event which intentionally circumvents this naturally transition without any moral/good reason (such as murder) is considered evil.

The event is not evil. Death is a necessary part of the cycle of life and is important for life to continue.

For example, cells die for new ones to be born. We harvest plants and plant new ones etc.

To adopt a normative approach alone would down-play the requirement and rights to life for as long as it should last.    

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