What Makes A Person Good Or Evil?

     The person as a whole, mind and body, is a very complex and unique organism that can be easily influenced by society. Since people are so easily susceptible to be influenced by others, each person must rely on their beliefs in order to make a judgment that is morally and ethically pleasing through their knowledge and experiences. A person’s morals and ethics are formed through their religious beliefs and practices. Morals and ethics allow one to make a knowledgeable and responsible

part of determining persons characteristics and behaviors, their childhood. Babies are born being neutral and they develop and grow into the person that they will become as an adult. Humans are not born morally good or evil, it is determined by society and its influence on them. Human nature cannot simply be defined by a dictionary because every person has their own definition of what it means. To me, human nature is what truly makes us human. What that means is that it is what sets us aside from

that either make them good or bad; the question is which genes do you have? In Lord of the Flies by William Golding these kids start to thrive on their bad genes because their surroundings are playing a part of how they act. When the boys started to hunt they would like to kill pigs for fun. At one point they thought of it like a sport. Jack one the characters in the book would make fun of piggy for being fat and wearing glasses. This is due because jack has certain genes that already make him not like

mean there is a pretty heart inside. A person can be good on the outside and evil on the inside, or evil on the outside and good on the inside. I feel that our peers are quick to judge others when it comes to knowing who is good and who is evil without learning the person and knowing who they actually are and they are easily influenced. A person that is evil can change to good with good influences around them, or a good person can change to evil with evil influences. In the novel The Picture of

The Problem of Evil Evil exists, a plain and simple fact. The argument for the problem of evil (and suffering) proves that fact. The argument for the problem of evil states that there is a all-good, all-powerful God. It states that God being all-good means that he only wants good to exist. But, look at all the bad and evil in the world. A total contradiction of a all-good God. God being all- powerful means that he can make whatever he wants. So, if God can make whatever he wants then why did he

Summary of the problem of evil and a critical evaluation of how it is said to undermine the traditional characteristics of God. This paper will attempt to review the philosophical quandary of the existence of evil and if evil exists can God exist and if so can this God still be declared perfect? The epistemological issue that arises is One’s knowledge of God and the validity of God’s existence. What is good and what is evil? The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines evil as: 1. a : morally

As Martin Luther said, “Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works; evil works do not make a wicked man, but a wicked man does evil works” (On Christian Library). The media is constantly flooded with a consistent stream of negativity. Currently in our small world we are fighting wars, preventing nuclear fallouts, and even protecting citizens from terrorist attacks. Notice that all of these instances share one common type of conflict: man versus man. The most common misconception

Good and evil are more connected to each other than what people give them credit for. Good coexists with evil and there can be no good unless there is also an evil. Something that benefits a society would be considered good. On the other hand, if it does not benefit a society, it would be considered evil. The term good and evil can be associated with whatever a person sets their moral to be. When a person finds joy in something, they call it good. On the other hand, if it brings them agony, they

only be considered good if there is knowledge of what would be considered evil. There is no normal person that has just a good side or an evil side. A normal person would have a good side and an evil side combined. If someone said that they only had a good side, meaning they were perfect, that would be their evil side peeking out because then they would be lying. The book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson is a good example of what a good person is suppose to look

“Lucifer Effect” Theory he uses this term to further understand the process and transformation of a good person that would allow them to do bad and evil things to another person. Zimbardo, in the beginning, uses the story of how Lucifer was transformed to Satan; from God’s favorite angel to the devil that runs hell, “Perhaps this image reminds you of the ultimate transformation of good into evil, the metamorphosis of Lucifer into Satan. Lucifer, the “light bearer.” Was God’s favorite angel until