Assignment 3 - Naylan James

In my opinion, if one considers something "good" there must be an "evil" to counteract it. For something to be considered "good" there has to be a reason for it to be considered anything other than the norm. For example, if we consider finding a wallet with a bunch of money and returning it to its owner "good", there must be those who wouldn't do this and would instead pocket said money or the woman who returned it would be considered normal. If good were to somehow eliminate evil, good would also be eliminating itself and would become normal, therefore, evil is somewhat necessary so we can truly appreciate those who do good things. Also, our world thrives on what is considered evil; if there were no evil in this world we would all be naive creatures who roam with no fear, no need for protection, and no reason to worry about walking down a dark alley at night. An example of a world with no evil is the movie "The Invention of Lying", where Ricky Gervais plays a writer in a world where nobody ever lies, until he accidentally lies. He is able to basically do whatever he wants, whenever, and wherever. He's able to become a big time writer, he convinces people he knows God, and becomes the richest and most powerful man in the world. This movie demonstrates just what a world where evil is nonexistent would look like, naive and very easy to take advantage of.