A relevant quote, in respect of absolute / relative comments above, from my evening's reading:
20.47 Frippster the Sister is working on a project in the saloon, and I shall run this Diary over to the recently-returned Hugh the Recovering for posting.
"There are two kinds of kelippah, absolute and relative evil... Relative kelippah .. depends on intention, which can turn the permitted into good or into temporary evil" ("Paradigm Shift" p.109).