How Is Love Inherently Evil

All human beings, from birth to death, have an evil part of them used to survive hidden deep inside their mind. This is evident in babies who can seem innocent but really have a selfish attitude towards others since their only goal in life is to have their needs met. Evidence of this being true can be found in William Golding’s The Lord of The Flies and the film adaptation of The Hunger Games. Mankind is inherently evil but civilization changes us, we always go back to our evil side, and without a good government or set of rules we all become savages.

Humans have been around for about six million years. Humans have had their ups and their down. We have gained faith in humanity, yet we have lost faith in humanity. Which brings up the question, are humans inherently good or evil. The book Lord Of The Flies and documentary Promises clearly show how humans are inherently good. Humans are inherently good until they are changed because of the environment they are born in and how they are treated.

Humankind has been tremendously defined by love and hate. Through our highest highs and our lowest lows, our emotions are the strongest feelings that are brought to life. Love and hate are two of the greatest sensational feelings an individual can experience in their lives. In an article about emotions, it states, “Love requires compassion. Hate requires only ego. We are born with ego, but we must learn compassion.” (Campagna) There are countless amounts of our population who would agree that these two emotions drive each and every action we do causing our societies spontaneous calculated behavior. Love and hate hold no rules, boundaries or defenders when it comes to how an individual feels them. These ritualistic tendencies can even be

Everyone knows that human beings evolves from animal, we still have some instincts of animal that exist in our characteristics such as aggressive, cruel or even evil. So I think that evil cannot flourish in good people because it inherently exists in our souls when we are born. It cannot flourish but it can develop. Together with good, our souls are divided into two parts, one part is good and the other one is evil. If we can curb the evil and express the good, then we will become good people. But when the evil develops and overwhelms the good, we will become good people do evil. The evil can develop because it is put in the proper environment, the experiment of the psychologist Stanley Milgram is the best evidence. In the experiment, he wants

Every day people makes choices, they can be good or bad. These choices are what define peoples morals. There is always evil and temptation surrounding mankind. The line dividing good and evil is more blurred than ever with new temptations coming into play. Even more now that society is advancing into the future. Mankind chooses to be evil. They are not born that way, but the choices they make are what defines their morals. Throughout history there have been cases that have proven the statement people aren't born evil; evil is made. These cases include the Oklahoma bombing, Columbine High School shooting, and more recently the Boston marathon bombing.

The debate whether human is naturally good or bad has been argued for centuries. The debate started hundreds of years ago and still is a big argument today. When the argument is really dissected and looked at thoroughly correct answer is rather clear. Humans are naturally evil and the evidence to support this claim is strong. People are greedy and perform evil acts to benefit themselves. Laws are created to attempt to keep people in check, but they only work so well. Are humans really as thoughtful and kind hearted as some people think?

Since the beginning of time there has been confusion about every aspect of life and with confusion comes a number of questions we cannot completely answer or forget. How did we transform from one creature to another? Why are people so violent? Are we inherently good or evil? These are questions that have been asked for centuries, and have taken ever longer to possibly answer. It might be numerous decades from now before they finally answer these questions but, nevertheless many people are trying by using evidence, theories, faith, and science to answer these questions as accurately as possible. Mainly the question about whether we are innately innocent or not. Most people, say humans are inherently evil, that there is evil in all of us. That could be the reason why kids enjoy watching ants succumb when they burn them with reflected rays of sunlight. However, many believe that we are born good with a clean slate and that it is society of whom changes that. I believe that we are born sinful/evil and that society influence us to be good. The facts have proven humans to be innately evil through genetics, control, and mistreatment.

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.

Many people have their own views on humanity. They can either be that humans are essentially good but can become corrupt or that people are just essentially evil. They have their own opinions, some people can tell their perspective on humans in other fashions. If people are essentially good, they how do they become corrupt? Or if are truly evil, then why do some people seem like they are kind people and they can never do such things? To take both of these into account, a person may saw that people are good but deep down have evil within them. People may ask how does the evil within a person come out, the answer to that is that it is thanks to their environment. The environment around a person can undoubtedly draw out the evil within them

Robert E. Howard once said “Barbarism is the natural state of mankind.” Illustrating that the evil cruel brutish state is but the traditional ancient way of humans. For centuries societies have fought to withhold powerful positions over opposing enemies, no matter the cost or actions needed. This is because a supreme civilization is a perfect civilization. Excellent examples that prove this is famous historic societies such as the Mongols, the Spartans, the Aztecs, the Celts. Each of these nations are known for being powerful as well as equally terrifying, this being due to their barbaric traditions. Proving Howard right, man has always had evil tendencies. Shirley Jackson, author of the short story “The Lottery,” agrees with the belief that

“I look to the day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Humans are horrible people creatures that function in their own strange way which leads to problems being made. In Lord of The Flies this is shown when they are “raping” the pig to show dominance. Then there is the time when the smarts of the group named Piggy even doubted that the symbol of power was going to work against these creatures. Not only that but people in history have also committed crimes like that of these children or even worse like Adolph Hitler who have a horrible personality and make decisions that cause disasters. In conclusion, Humans are people who can do extraordinary yet most are the opposite of that potential and end up destroying the world one by

When thinking of monsters, most rush to address the connotation of gruesome, ghastly beasts with horrifying faces, drenched in slime and reeking of death and all things associated with it. Some consider a more horrifying perspective, quite possibly some form of a wooly mammoth whom eats whatever it finds in sight. However, quite frankly the furthest image that comes to mind is that of a human being. Human nature is, generally speaking, an aspect of life that is glorified in the peacefulness that comes along with it. We like to think highly of our own species, respectfully so. Nonetheless, as time passes on and we become more immersed in the concept of power and control, the human race is terrifyingly growing closer to resembling and obtaining the qualities of those godforsaken monsters etched in our brains.

“ Kindness is the beginning of cruelty” Frank Herbert. In the novel “Lord of the flies” William Golding gives the group of onlookers a brief look of the dark side of mankind also, the brutality that underlies even the most civilized people.While there is kindness in people as well, I think humans are essentially evil. There is a dark side in each and everyone of us due to the fact that there are consistent wars, no self control and we utilize savagery as a wellspring of excitement .

Bad things happen to people because it is part of a greater cosmic roll of the dice. We have evolved and become higher functioning, deeper thinking, and longer living human beings. As the world societies grew so did destruction of our planet and the resources we have learned to wield from it. Humans are products of their environment and upbringing which influences the morality of a person, and their capacity to be evil. “Once it is understood that most suffering, although not all, is the result of the poor choices of human beings (ourselves and others), the result of our failure to actualize the appropriate values possible at every moment, we may be more inclined to seek to reduce significantly these poor choices. This optimistic view, I submit, need not be realized to render the aesthetic theodicy viable. I am not under any idealistic delusion that the human species will learn to act more ethically and responsibly, although I retain the hope that this might occur eventually.” (Whitney, pg. 26)