Assignment 3- Angelica Malkowski

I believe that, yes, absolute good and absolute evil do exist. If you are religious, (I am), then you may believe God is absolute good and the Devil is absolute evil. Even if you are not religious, you can still relate to the idea of God epitomizing good and the idea of the Devil epitomizing evil. However, those of us living here on Earth exist mostly in an in-between state: not completely good (the “nobody’s perfect” cliché), nor completely evil. It is unfortunately true that good people sometimes do bad things. One thing that sets a good person apart from an evil one, however, is that a good person wishes not to do bad things, even though sometimes they fail. Contrastingly, an evil person knows they do bad things yet has no desire to stop or do good things. Still, all of this is dependent upon your idea of good and evil. What some view as completely evil, others may think of as a gray area. Often, this depends on the specific situation and circumstances surrounding the action in question. As with everything, labeling something as good or evil is often subjective or even controversial, due to the plethora of different opinions and biases that exist.