Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others

Answer: Option A

One word substitute is Sadism.

Sadism: the tendency to derive pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others.
Malevolence: the state or condition of being malevolent; hostility.
Bigotry: intolerance towards those who hold different opinions from oneself.
Masochism: the tendency to derive sexual gratification from one's own pain or humiliation.