Abstract: Justine is written just before the French Revolution. The novel reveals the author's contiguity with Thomas Hobbes, portraying the inherent evil nature of mankind. Contrary to his contemporary philosopher Jean - Jacques Rousseau, who considered that the nature of mankind is noble, de Sade defends hedonism as the “summum bonum” of a selfish and beyond morality human being.

Keywords: de Sade, Lacan, Kant

Gounaris, Α. (2011). Marquis de Sade: The Ethics of Evil. Eleftherotypia Newspaper. 5.2.11, Viliothiki supplement v.641. Retrieved February 6th, 2019 from https://alkisgounaris.gr/en/archives/marquis-de-sade-the-ethics-of-evil/