Assignment 3 - Jackson Leach

Jackson Leach

I believe firmly that there are different levels of good and evil that every person develops throughout their life. A person is not inherently good or evil, but is molded by their upbringing and the world around them. There are different levels on the spectrum that all people fall into, whether it is rigidly good or slightly evil. For example, a strict, law abiding citizen who follows every aspect of the written law literally is good, but also a citizen who promotes lawful conduct but doesn't strictly abide by the written law are different, but both good. Views that each person holds are purely based upon their parents views. For example, in Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, the main henchmen of the villains in the story, the orcs, are believed by Gandalf, one of the characters, to be more controlled slaves of the main villain rather than inherently evil. This means that they are corrupt more because of the world around them rather than their own given personalities, and occupy a level of evil in between the purest forms of good or bad.