This is the question which I have been thinking recently - of whether mankind is basically good or basically evil. It was a point of interest from recent articles.
Life is between good and evil, and is about making the right choices. Everything in life is about choices. I believe that choices make you who you are. When someone makes decisions that hurt people, it's usually not malicious. It just benefits him for some reason. But when you make those choices, they shape you into the person you are.
A lot of people believe that we are essentally born who we are , and it's not changable. If you try to be different, you're "fake". That isn't true. Life is about choices. "Evil" people are just people that have given up their choice for good, and have submitted themselves entirely to the side that is evil.
We become who we are through the various influences we have from all around us. These influences are the means for us to turn evil in some degree or another.
I don't necessarily mean that evil people seek only to cause harm. I believe more so that people seek to better themselves at the expense of others. How many people in this world are genuinely altruistic? Everyone is motivated by power to an extent. People with power just want more power. Power over others, power over material goods, etc. To get to that goal, evil people are willing to do what it takes - manipulate others as needed, bend the rules, “be evil.” (The word “evil” here to me means general wrongdoing).
Which are we? Good humans with a basic tendency to do what is right? Evil person driven to fulfill own selfish wishes at any cost? I don't know. What do you think?
"As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities." - Voltaire
No comments:
Post a Comment