Does being a criminal necessarily mean a person is “evil”? This is an interesting question, in which there are many different opinions. This is not a straight yes or no answer. To have a debate on an issue like this we should first define the word “evil”. The dictionary defines “evil” as being: Morally reprehensible, sinful, wicked (Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary).
People who say that a criminal isn’t necessarily evil might be thinking like this: If a poor person went into a store and stole food for his family that was starving on the streets, and got caught, he would be considered a criminal. But, not many people would consider this person to be evil. After all, he was just trying to help his family survive by any means necessary. Other examples of things that would make a person a criminal are such things as swimming in a “no swimming area”, or not paying taxes or doing drugs. Most of these people would never be considered to be evil. On the other hand, is someone who kills another person considered evil? The person who said that a criminal is not always evil, might say that a murderer is always evil. The other side of this argument is the opinion that all criminals are evil. If I happened to go up to someone and ask them if all criminals are evil, and the person answered yes, I would then have to ask the person what he/she considers a criminal to be. This persons mind most likely will automatically think along the lines of murderer, rapist, etc. So, I don’t think that there is much of an argument to the question: Does being a criminal necessarily mean a person is evil? I do think, however, that there is definitely a debate as to whether or not a murderer is always evil, and whether or not murder is always wrong.
The Essay on The Inner Evil Jack Macbeth People
Since the beginning of time, people have pondered the existence of evil. What makes people laugh at other peoples mistakes What makes a little kid relentlessly pick on the outcast What fuels the hate that people have for each other Everyone has their individual views and answers to these questions, and their own definition of evil. Evil is an entity inside every living being in the world ...
I do not believe that all murderers are evil. If a woman had been getting beaten and battered by her husband, and one day just couldn’t take it anymore, and killed her husband, I wouldn’t consider her to be evil. Does that make the fact that she killed her husband right? No, of course not. But, I don’t think that she is an evil person. In the book that we just completed “In Cold Blood”, we learned about a character named Perry. Perry didn’t seem to be a violent, evil man. I don’t think anyone could characterize him as being “morally reprehensible”, or “wicked”. When Perry is describing his dream, it is obvious that he is not an evil person. In his dream, he is describing what seems to be the truth – that he is being forced to do something that he doesn’t really want to do. He says: “…I don’t know how to fight a snake. But I figure, well, I’ll take my chances” (Capote, p.92).
It seems from that passage that the killer isn’t really an evil person. Another example of how Dick influenced Perry was in the following passage: “…You think I like myself? Oh, the man I could have been! But that bastard never game me a chance” (Capote, p.185).
From that passage, we see that Perry regrets the killings. Dick, on the other hand never seemed to regret it. An example of an evil person, in my opinion, is Dick. The author writes: “(Dick) Hickock tells us you’re a natural-born killer. Says it doesn’t bother you a bit…you went after a colored man with a bicycle chain. Whipped him to death. For fun.”. We see that Dick actually told the cops all this about Perry. That, to me is an evil person.
What if we have the opportunity to kill Hitler? If killing is wrong, then should we not kill at all? Not even Hitler? I don’t know about other people, but assuming I had the guts to pull that trigger, he would’ve been dead long before he murdered millions of innocent people!
Another example of a murderer not being “evil” is someone who is insane, who kills. That person may have done an evil deed, but that doesn’t mean that he is necessarily an evil person.
The Essay on Lord Of The Flies "Is Man Inherently Evil?"
Is man inherently evil? Many people have different answers to this question some do not believe that there is such a thing as good or evil. What is good and evil? Is evil a part of every human being from the moment he is on this planet? I think that man himself chooses in which direction to go to and the environment influences his or her decisions. Many think that you are not inherently evil or ...
In closing, I would have to say that a person who commits a crime isn’t necessarily evil, no matter the crime. To figure out if a criminal is evil, we would have to find out his motive and other factors before making a decision.
