Natural evil

Evil tends to be a driving force behind many of the world’s most calamitous acts. In Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, the inner evil in the boys on the island results in an uncivilized society full of chaos and violence. In Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, evil changes Macbeth from a noble person to a murderer. The article “Stalin’s Great Purge: Over A Million Detained, More Than Half A Million Killed” indicates Joseph Stalin's inner evil by organizing The Great Purge to…

people believe that helping others is good, whilst harming others is evil. However, everyone has a different definition of what is harmful and helpful. While some things are considered evil by nearly everyone, such as dishonesty, lying, murder, etc., there are a lot of actions that can be considered good by some and evil by others. In previous societies, where people mostly agreed on what was good and what was evil, the concept of evil served the function of letting people know what was socially…

people be inherently evil (are people born serial killers)? In my opinion, Holmes claiming he is the devil is a representation of how sick and demented he is as a human being. Throughout the book, Holmes showed little to no remorse for his victims. Instead, he felt a rush of sexual desire listening to their screams of fear and desperation. Holmes claiming he was the Devil is an accurate assumption and representation of who he really is. Personally, I feel humans are inherently evil, but there is…

Glorious Revolution, John Locke wrote that humans were innately good and kind, and usually make mistakes that are the result of bad influences. Thomas Hobbes, on the other hand, being alive during the violent English Civil War, believed humans were evil and cruel and needed dictatorship in order to contain them and their dark tendencies. usually make mistakes that are the result of bad influences. From the 17th century, the ideas of these great philosophers have persisted even into the 20th…

an optimistic view such as the one in Kahlil Gibran’s poem, "Good and Evil", Lord of the Flies paints human nature as irrationally negative. Through the story’s plot and development of characters, Golding portrays humans as being innately evil without the restraints of society, whereas Gibran’s poem argues that humans are innately good and that evil is a complex and misunderstood grey area. Humans’ tendency towards good and evil is better explained by Gibran’s multifaceted stance than by…

Humanity lives by two principles, good and evil. This conflict is portrayed largely through literature. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Frankenstein, for example, both depict for the reader, themes associated with morality. In The Picture of Dorian Gray, the author, Oscar Wilde, presents morality as the physical traits of beauty and ugliness. The effects of morality are also depicted on his main character, Dorian Gray. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the reader is introduced to this conflict in a…

Is the evil in this world justified? Richard Swinburne argues that, the existence of evil, positive bad states like suffering, is a necessary condition for the existence of a deep good then the existence of evil is justified. But others like Ivan Karamozov believe that the evil in this world is not justified because if evil is justified then it has to be a positive consequence, everyone deserves to experience the evil they experience, or the evil is a result of carelessness that can be…

his creations. Both “Rebellion,” by F. Fostoevsky and “Why God Allow Evil,” by Richard Swinburne focus on the existence of evil which is allowed by God. In “Rebellion,” Ivan raises a question of why God allows evil to harm and suffer human beings especially young children. He gives various examples of how children were punished or tortured as a consequence of their innocent wrong doing. On the other hand, “Why God Allow…

INTRODUCTION All humans are flawed in some way. The existence of evil in the world proves that we are not wholly good. Many philosophers and theologians have debated why humans are this way. Are humans born pure and then corrupted by the impure nature of this world? Or are all infants born leaning towards evil and must relearn how to be good? These are questions that must be answered in order to understand humanity's purpose on this earth. For if one does not know who they are, they cannot know…

Idealize a society where both good and evil live unitedly. Essentially, any modern or ancient day society exists with such immorality and merit. However, William Golding, using various forms of imagery, explores this concept among an as semblance of youthful boys left aground on an island in The Lord of the Flies. Light imageries utilized consistently throughout the novel to symbolize goodness within the boys. Moreover, models of darkness portray the notion of evil and its gradual seize of the…