Dual Humanity: Dr. Jekyll And The Public V. Private

In the end it is you how chooses if you do the evil thing or a good thing., People are generally born good, but there are many factors that can leave a person to act watchful. The way someone is raised has an impact as well as society and human

No one is born good or evil; it is one's environment and the people they encounter in life which makes them good or evil. A lot of time it is not the individual's fault of the way they are, they might have seen so many bad doings that, they are use to it and might think that it is right. One is not born with a vision of knowing what is wrong and what is right in life, but learns when something happens to

I believe that human beings are basically good. When they are first born and grow up as babies and toddlers, humans are innocent. However, with the effects of outside experiences and social expectations, human beings can be prone to evil. Humans want to be recognized within society and this can be seen in the movie, “The Talented Mr. Ripley”. Due to the social environment that Tom Ripley lives in, he feels the need to fit in and be wealthy like the people around him. This causes him to seek for ways, whether the action is moral or immoral, to attain a higher social status.

It is a very arguable subject on whether or not people are born with good intentions, and therefore taught by others the ‘evil’ side of their personality. Whether it is the absence of ethical conduct in human nature, or just the way one perceives a situation, evil seems to be prominent in our everyday lives. Humans seem to have a moral code that follows them with every decision they make, yet despite the laws of morality and society, people of this world still seem to behave inhumanely because of the act of self-preservation, human interest, and who exactly the authority figure is at the time.

“Human nature is evil and goodness is caused by intentional activity” - Xunzi. Humans by nature have natural tendencies to evil however not everyone acts on those emotions.

People are always getting into situations that have two possible ways to go. That person can choose the right thing to do or the worse. There have been numerous amounts of people asking the question “what is good and evil?” Many have tried conducting experiments to try and find the roots of what makes people good/evil? Evil acts and evil itself can be shown through the social, economic, and mental environment.

No one is completely good or completely bad. A psychologist called Philip Zimbardo believes deeply in this. He proves it by telling the story of God’s favorite angel Lucifer and how Lucifer becomes a devil when he disobeyed God. This shows that people can transform from good, innocent beings into perpetrators of evil. He says that line between good and evil is variable.

Are human beings mostly good or mostly evil? Does the potential for evil exist in

From a number of plays, novels, and short stories, there is always a sort of display of different sides of human nature. To every human heart, there are two sides to the same coin, there is a good side, and there is an darker side, that's not exactly evil, but it isn't exactly good either. Even though all humans see each other, and label them generally as either good or evil, they aren't exactly just one or the others. There are human beings portrayed as being "not good" but are genuinely pure at heart, and on the other hand, there are human beings that appear to be good-natured on the outside, but are unrighteous and malignant on the outside. Humans aren't also essentially strong or weak either; they are susceptible to subliminal elements

Everyone is capable of being good. But the question you should be asking is if that’s their desire. People are capable of anything. They can also be very tempted by their bad side or their risk-taking side, which can be brought out by others. Some people have a lower tolerance for temptation which makes it easier for them to do what other people say. Such people are also known as followers. They can be tempted by bad things while trying to do the right thing. Each person’s personality can affect everyone around them. People’s cores can be fundamentally good but they could be tempted or affected by others.

Are humans simply either good or pure evil? This is the question that Flannery O'Connor asks in her story "A Good Man Is Hard to Find". The story follows a Grandmother who is unwantingly going on a trip to Florida with her son and his family. The protaganist, the grandmother, considers herself a good person, and is not portrayed to be evil by O'Connor. As characters are introduced, you find that the antagonist, a serial killer, of the story is evil. What is interesting, however, is that the other charachters in the story seem to be on the line between good and evil.

As Robert Grudin said in _______, “there is an almost tragic duality between outer and inner worlds, between the rush of experience and the immobility of awareness”. Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novel, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, brilliantly exemplifies the philosophical phenomenon that is the duality of human nature through the 2 main characters that coexist interdependently together, Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde. According to Webster’s dictionary, the duplicity of human beings is based on the contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action; the quality or state of being twofold. Stevenson’s novel touches upon a variety of factors and concerns, one of which being the duplicity of man. The subject is articulated through the exploration of comparing and contrasting opposites; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’s physical attributes, their mentalities/personalities, and finally, the manner by which their environmental surroundings aid in contrasting their characterizations.

All people possess the ability to do acts of varying evil or good. Firstly, the most basic of denials to this notion is the idea that a person can only be good or bad. That somehow an incredibly complex creature such as a human can have a polarized personality is impossible. For example, Saddam Hussein carried out the genocide of many innocents in the Kurdish regions, but was a proponent of education, going as far as to start a literacy program that hoped to raise literacy to 100% in the population. Also, Ted Bundy was an awful serial killer who committed many terrible crimes but he also worked on a suicide hotline. Using his dashing, manipulative personality, the same that charmed his many victims, he convinced many to continue living. Therefore,

What makes a person good or evil? Why are some people labeled as good and some evil? Why do some people have traits or characteristics of both good and evil? Are people truly evil or do they just make bad choices? Throughout our lives we are faced with making decisions about our lives and often the choices we make can determine the path we follow. Depending on our life choices we can be labeled as either good or evil. Good and evil are relative; one person can be good while another evil. Some people can possess a combination of both good and bad traits. But even those who are considered bad can be rehabilitated to display good qualities such as empathy or kindness.

So, what is evil?  Is it Hitler's near annihilation of the Jewish people during World War II or the senseless massacre at Ti'enneman Square on mainland China?  Again we turn to Webster's dictionary, which states evil as causing distress or harm, a source of sorrow, and the fact of suffering, misfortune, and wrongdoing. (Merriam-Webster)   Evil would be any intention to cause an undesirable effect upon one's self or on another person.  So by saying that the intentions of a person are not to cause good we automatically assume that they are out to cause evil.