Essay Analyzing the Human Condition
Essay Analyzing the Human Condition
Evil is not taught, or developed, but it was born inside of all of us and it is our task to control it. The Oxford Senior Dictionary defines evil as morally bad or unpleasant. In theory, a fraudulent though is considered morally bad. So does thinking something mean or unpleasant make you evil? In my opinion it does. If you look back to the source of an unpleasant or morally bad thought, the most likely candidates would be anger, frustration, etc. put bluntly, emotions. But how can a person be born without emotions? They can’t, but they do have the ability to recognize right from wrong. This ability is what separates us from the animals, we don’t live on instinct, but rather on freewill. Therefore, man is blamed for his wrong doings. Everyone has a fragment of evil within themselves. They are judged by the way they use it.
Every country, even the so called “free” countries have laws with which society must revolve around. If the nature of man was good, we could dispense of all the enforcers of law, and forget about ritual principals. But because man is generally evil, we must honor ritual principals. When thought about, man only honors the enforcers of law because he knows he has to do so, and if we did discard of all of this then man would naturally create a society living in chaos. This is caused by that temptation inside of us to test the law in some way, big or small. For example, speeding when knowing very well of the hefty penalty, and ignoring all safety precautions. What makes man evil is what possesses him to do these things. A form of evil can be developed. It is through society that it is brought out.
By living in a bad society a person is challenged regularly to cave in, and become more evil than he already is. This can only prove if a person has a sense of decency and good within. By living in a society with little or no disruptions, a person who is evil could much easier turn it into a corrupt society. For example, Hitler lived in a decent society. He hated the Jews just because he wasn’t well and for no other reason. When he needed a scapegoat for his misfortune, he chose to blame the...