While they are not necessarily evil – nor are they necessarily good – I believe humans are inherently conceited in a way that makes them lean more towards doing evil than good. This manifests itself as a fundamental need to exercise control over others and to raise one’s own status. Classically evil people express this need as a desire to be the most powerful, wealthy, and venerated person on Earth, controlling large groups of followers and having them bend to his or her will. Meanwhile, even people deemed the most selfless in charity and in love have an underlying selfish motivation to their actions. Firstly, I have noted that individuals whom are almost universally recognized as the most evil people in politics – totalitarian dictators like Hitler and Ghaddafi – …show more content…
Not to mention, of course, the boost in social status generous people enjoy. Next, my experiences with helping others develop romantic relationships has taught me that the participants are ultimately using their partners as a service to fulfil personal attention and affection needs rather than a duty to fulfil their same needs. As always, the subconscious control appears in the concept of ‘feeling needed’ which, as I have learned from evolutionary science publishings, was crucial to establishing civilization. In a relationship, the evil logic is “if I leave my partner, s/he will never be as happy as he/she was with me.” Thus, even the most submissive partner can assert dominance over a human like a boss-man over a yes-man. While my worldview is almost certainly skewed by an utter dearth of perspective and experience, I conclude that all humans possess greater capacity for evil than
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.
Who killed Sam Westing? Students in Gull Lake Middle School read and watched the westing game novel and movie. The Westing Game novel and movie contains many similarities and differences that are worth exploring. In the general story of the Westing Game the novel was about the characters getting helped by their partners. Also about winning the Westing game estate.
The Greater New York Dental Convention held on 26th November 2017 focused on issues relating to dental hygiene and practices. There were some exhibitions in that convention displaying various dental diseases, hygiene practices, and dental technologies. One of the exhibits that caught my eye was the exhibition by Amanda Vera and Tiffany Andron from New York City College of Technology. First of all, their poster was well designed with a well selected them for the poster which was visually attractive. The color schemes were appealing to the eye and could easily attract passersby. The layout of the poster was also clean with words having a clear font, not too dull.
No matter what millennium, century, or decade one looks at, one will be able to find at least one person with evil intentions for the world. These evil intentions may at first not be seen as evil intentions, but instead they may seem as if they are great ideas for the countries future. This was the case for Adolf Hitler who took advantage of his countries economical depression to rise to power. Leaders such as King Richard III have always had evil intentions because King Richard III wanted to take over the thrown by any means necessary. King Richard III and Adolf Hitler are two very similar leaders who ascended to the top of their respected countries.
The Psychology of Good and Evil in contrast to Ferguson Unrest and Race in America
Good people do bad things. Doing a bad thing does not make someone a monster. For example, if a young boy was raised in the ghetto where he and his family never had enough to eat he might have to steal to get for his family. Even though he has done something illegal and immoral that does not make him a bad person. He was just doing what he had to do to get his family food to eat. Even if he kills someone in the process of sealing the food it does not make him a monster. This kid just made a bad choice in an awful situation but he made the choice for the right reason, to feed his family. Victor Frankenstein’s creation, the “monster”, was not all bad. The made some bad choices because of how he was created and how he was treated by Victor after he was created.
It is very difficult to discern between good and evil in a society where people can often trick others into thinking that they are actually good in spite of the fact that they have hidden interests. As a
People are never evil just for the sake of being evil. They always justify to themselves in some way that all of their actions are for the greater good and that the actions they have committed are not atrocities. This has to be done since normal individuals cannot justify to themselves that they are immoral. Both western imperialism and the Holocaust had their atrocities justified by the illusion of progress. Even though numerous millions of people were slaughtered in these campaigns, many of the people doing the killing, believed that it was for the greater good. Western imperialism used the notion of bettering the native population and expansion in order to justify their mass killings. On the other hand, the Holocaust rationalized its
The levels of new admissions and arrivals to the country could be expanded in each category. This would increase the number of available visas and cut back on some of the backlogged lines and reduce waiting times. Until we address these predetermined levels there will be no stopping steady flow of illegal immigrants coming to this country. On average residents waiting to become a naturalized citizen will spend an average of seven to 10 years as and LPR. Again worth noting is most of these people are already here in the United States waiting for a status
Genetics are the main factor when it comes to humans being inherently “evil”. They play a big part in our life, see as how our genes determine everything about us before we are even born. Before humans are they are selfish and have evil tendencies, they want everything to themselves and will do anything to achieve it. Genes have been proven to be a
Are we inherently good or evil? William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies suggests that we as humans have the potential to become good or evil. William Golding’s novel suggest that society shapes the way us as humans act, and when the children were taken away from humanity, the actions of the boys reflect how us as humans would act if we were taken away from society. Throughout the novel there are many times where the boys become savage and allow the beast that is inside of them to take over, for example in chapter nine the boys are having a gathering on the beach and then they get taken away by the excitement and mistake Simon as being the beast, this leads the boys to clawing him into pieces and eventually killing him. At this point the
There are different types of people in the world, as they all have different behavior, personality, and culture. Everyone has a different view of what makes good people do bad things. It is amazing how such calm and nice people turn into such a bad people. There must be a psychology reason in order for them to turn like this. There are some factors I would like to know and also discuss of why people behave this way. Therefore, a person with different behavior makes them act different and hence, that impacts on a person’s personality which makes them turn from good person to bad person.
A new born baby is not born with sinful thoughts. Babies are axiomation of purity and innocence . Experiences such as a bad childhood, neglect by parents, abuse, power changes humans into being evil. How someone is nurtured also determines if they will become good or evil. Ego, lust, jealousy, betrayal, failure, and greed are some causes of evil.One is not born evil.
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.