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Man Is Innately Good, But Has The Ability To Be Evil - Paper

Man Is Innately Good, But Has The Ability To Be Evil

I believe that a majority of people do what they believe to be right.
Whether they are correct or not is another matter. In order to be truly
evil, I believe that one has to purposely, consciously, try to hurt others.
Be it physically or mentally, a conscious effort to injure others is for no
obvious benifit to the human race is evil. I also think that good and evil
are on totally different planes than right and wrong. They do not go hand
in hand. I believe this because good and evil in my mind are concrete,
they do not change. Right and wrong, however, are more of an individual
thing, which can not be confined to guidelines.
As I said before, I believe that people try to do ...

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something like,
"He would really be embarrassed if I told everyone about that time at camp.
Plus I could get him back," or something like, "She doesn't deserve that.
What if they found out what she did last year." This is not exactly evil
thoughts, but it can quite possibly lead to evil actions.
Prejudice is another form of evil that produces alienation and war. I
have certain prejudices that I carry and I am not very proud of them,
though often my instinct about a person is right. My major prejudice is
against people who cannot grasp new concepts at a relatively quick rate, or
those who cannot understand quickly. Somebody put it best by saying, "Oh,
you mean the stupid people." I truly do hate calling them that, because
often what they don't succeed at academically, they make it up through
artistic talents, athletic, or mechanical talents. But the people I have
no respect for are those who I know can think for themselves, and
understand things, but choose not to. I ...

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Added: 10/8/2006 03:03:02 PM
Category: English
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 742
Pages: 3

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