Evil is necessary because, as stated, without it, how would we ever know what good is? For example, wisdom teeth can cause pain and suffering and getting them pulled is painful and there is suffering for a little while afterward. However, in the end, it is good to get them pulled because now there is no longer any pain or suffering. The evil that is in the world is unavoidable for a reason – to show us what good really is. Evil is just a means to an end, where the “end” is “good”.…
Hi True Jesus Followers, The Moral Dilemma And The Increase Of Evil The Moral Dilemma Good hates evil and evil hates good. Is it wrong for good to hate evil or is it wrong for evil to hate good? Could it be wrong to hate in both cases or Is it right in both cases?…
Adam Makarewicz Philosophy take-home quiz The problem of evil is a very difficult topic to break down and take an absolute side on. Since a supposed deity is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent, then how can evil exist naturally in our world? My views of this question are fairly mixed. In comparison to Demea, Philo, and Cleanthes, I could more or less agree with Demea and Philo.…
The short story “The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson is about an old woman named Miss Strangeworth who is determined to rid “Strangeworth Town” of evil, yet she does not notice that she is causing evil herself. Although she seems like a proper, nice old lady, when she goes home every day, she writes cruel letters to the people in her town. Miss Strangeworth notices that everyone in the town is distressed and she wonders why. She refuses to acknowledge that she is truly evil herself. No one in that town would suspect her sending rude letters to everyone.…
For years, the world has been covered with guilt. In order to achieve innocence, violence must vanish. In order to achieve innocence, violence must vanish. In a world overflowing with violence and guilt, it only takes one death to pave the way for future generations. “Neither love nor evil conquers all, but evil cheats more.”…
The incompatible and opposing qualities of good and evil in the world have conceivably been caught in an endless battle with one another for an unmeasurable amount of time. Some say the two forces will eternally be at war as there is no apparent solution to deteriorating such prominent factors to the world’s foundation, however, how can the existence of extreme evil truly be such an issue when there is arguably just as much good to counterbalance it? Albert Einstein was once recorded to have stated that “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.” In the allegorical tragedy entitled The Crucible, Arthur Miller clearly articulates that ultimate evil in the world is an inevitable…
I can say that evil will help us understand that there is right and wrong in the world. The wrong in the world has taught us reasons it is truly wrong and should be punishable because of the great deal of suffering associated with those choices. However, I find it hard…
As we read more, we learn that it comes from our free will. The problem of evil that has been introduced to us; is that God created all things which means he created evil. Now this brings concern…
I believe that the person at the end of “The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson, is not justified in their action because that is not the action they should have taken. This is because by doing this they are no different to Miss. Strangeworth. Also, they could have addressed the problem in a more civil manner, rather than doing what they did. Finally, they also will have to live with the fact that they did such a thing.…
Evil exists because we chose it to. We, as free agents can choose between right and wrong. Through this we can justify our actions. What kind of world would we lead if everything was already decided for us and all we would have to do is perform it? God, although knows how we will choose, plays absolutely no role in our process of choosing.…
Anywhere you look, you are looking at evil. You might not think so, many people may seem wholly good, but everyone has evil in them. You might not see it right now, but trust me, it’s there, lurking in the shadows. This is, at least, what Bram Stoker, the writer of Dracula, and Robert Louis Stevenson, the writer of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, want you to believe through their characters of Dracula and Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, respectively. These characters use their supernatural abilities to disrupt peace and cause hardship throughout their eponymous works.…
These types of questions people think about through out there life. I believe that evil is things that are morally bad and also something that is harmful or that causes harm to another human. People experience or see many evil things in life and we try to find out the meaning behind it. Evil is written about in the bible.…
Evil exists in our world today because of a misuse of the free will. What is evil? Frist, evil is not a sort of knowledge. Evil, described as a sort of entity acting against the good, does not exist. Much like darkness is not opposite to light but rather a lack of it, so evil is just another word that means the lack of good itself.…
Simply, good is good and evil is evil. Can evil exist without good? Can good exist without evil? I believe, evil only exists because we believe in or are forced into thinking that it really exists, but, good on the other hand is all around us. The wonderfully created world that we live in, humans, animals and plants is living proof of all things…
It is hard to imagine a world where evil did not exist. It seems to be that evil is always part of our daily activities, whether it be big or small. I always knew that evil was part of life but I never really understood the reasoning behind it. Till this day suffering and evil was never something that I questioned or wondered why it existed in a world that was created by God himself.…