Good Vs. Evil

While man may not be inherently good or evil, he may lean one way or another due to one’s upbringing. If a man is pushed to succeed, he may develop passive-aggressive tendencies. If a man is taught to love his fellow man and show mercy to the less fortunate, it is likely that the man will turn out good and righteous. While man is born neutral in ideology and philosophy, the inescapable need to make one’s self heard and to provide a easy living for his family will make a man able to be good or evil at any turn, wherever is needed. If a man must use backhanded behavior often in his pursuit of happiness, then the man is considered, for all intent purposes, an evil man; the same is true for good behavior.

Man is a very adaptable creature, it does whatever it needs to do to both survive, and to better its situation. Good and evil are held equally in the heart of man and these terms are only an objective way of classifying one’s intention. Man is neither inherently good nor evil; man is simply a species that is forced to do what it must to survive and create an acceptable condition of life for itself. Good and evil are ideals; man is simply lost somewhere in between.

(1)Pagewise Inc.. “The philosophies of Hobbes and Locke.” . 2002. . 08/05/04 .

(2)Pagewise Inc.. “The philosophies of Hobbes and Locke.” . 2002. . 08/05/04 .