Analysis Essay: The Roots Of Evil

Have you ever felt the urge to do something good? Or was it quite the opposite, and you wanted to do something…evil. There are a lot of reasons why someone might want to do something evil. Humans are not born to do evil, because they have free will to choose what type of person we want to be, but society and sin can influence a person to be or do something evil. How can someone do something bad, and not feel guilt or sadness? All evil people have one thing in common as to why they can do something bad, and that is they show no empathy. “A key trait in many evildoers: they lack the capacity for empathy” (“The Roots of Evil”, Begley 2). Empathy is feeling sorry or understanding someone. This is why people do bad things, and are able to without feeling bad. Although evil people are okay with being evil, some people do things they normally would not do because of the situation they are in. Certain situations can make a person who is not evil, do evil things. “When directed by a person in authority, others will act against their own morals if told to do so” (Psychology of Evil, Milgram Experiments). This

It’s the act of doing something not good. Evil entered this world because of Satan and him not doing anything good. When Adam and Eve ate the fruit that they weren’t supposed to, it brought sin, fear, embarrassment, and other feelings we normally don’t like to feel into the world. “And the woman said. The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat” (Kings James Version, Genesis 1:4). This shows that Satan tricked them to do bad by eating the fruit, but Adam and Eve still could have listened to God. Satan betrayed God and went against him. Satan used to be an angel, but went against God and was sent to Hell, where he vowed to never do any good. “To do ought good never will be our task” (Paradise Lost, l. 159). This shows that the bad things in the world are because of Satan. God gave humans free will to wither do good or