My View Of Evil Essay

In my opinion, evil exists. Without evil, how would we know what good is? Killing someone may be classified as evil, holding a door open for someone may be considered good, while not greeting someone you know may fall in between. This is sometimes confusing, depending on a situation, to decide if something is classified as “evil”. There are different definitions of evil, depending on law, dictionaries, philosophy, and religion. Since there are different views on evil, there are different definitions. A dictionary definition as immorality and depravity. However, many philosophers think we should get rid of the term “evil” as many say it is outdated. At the end of the day, philosophers think evil is “very very bad”. On the religious side, (specifically Catholic), evil is regarded at what should not exist. My view of evil would be …show more content…
For example, planning to and then killing someone is simply evil. However, if a driver does not see a pedestrian and accidentally kills them, this is not exactly evil, since it was not meant to be done. Also, the question of insanity can be a factor in evil. I think all serial killers are insane. However, are all serial killers evil? What I would do to determine if a serial killer is insane is ask one simple question. Did the serial killer know the extend of what they were doing? If someone knows that their actions would scar others for the rest of their life, then they are not insane. However, if they did not, they may not be insane. Even if they are insane, I think they are still evil. Going back to if there is no good without evil, they are not doing good, but committing an evil act. They may not know what they are doing is evil, but regardless, the act is still evil. In my opinion, insanity determines whether or not the person knows the extent of what they were doing, accidents are not necessarily evil, and evil is simply an act that is the opposite of