 Such metaphysical evil will often manifest in empirical evil (although it need not do so); it also makes it likely that there will be further metaphysical evil. Thus an initial moral choice starts off a kind of snowballing into hellishness. It is clear why ancient and medieval and even some contemporary responses to the “Unde Malum?” question focus on how a morally uncorrupted creature (Adam, Eve, or Lucifer) could have started the process in the first place (see, e.g., Anselm De Casu Diaboli, vol.1 and Johnston forthcoming).