"Well, if you already know it, then why do you keep choosing evil?"

Our God gave us free choice, and that means we can choose evil.

Can we simply say that in a universe in which all sentient be-ings have been given free choice, some, invariably, will choose evil?

In fact, he must sometimes deliberately choose evil.

The show says that there is a dramatic regard and excitement to choosing evil over good.

I think Nabokov there is saying that HH has free will but chooses evil.

This is a paradox; for spiritual death, Augustine says, comes from choosing evil; but even in our "free will" we are incapable of avoiding evil.

The fact is that too damned many of them choose evil.

Which means that some who choose evil don't have a real choice.

"It is not your fault that it calls to you; you did not choose evil."