Thursday, April 5, 2012

Good vs. Evil

What makes us (humans) good or evil?  Use evidence and stories from the article to explain.  Use the words "moral" and "empathy"

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  1. Good vs. Evil
    Good can be described as a moral belief such as empathy because if you see a person who is in a life threatening situation you’re going to want to help that person out no matter who it is. Same with Animals a little 3 year old child was put in a gorilla cage and you would think the gorilla would kill the child nope the gorilla just cradled the child to safety. As with Evil though some people such as Adolf Hitler created genocide and felt no remorse for the thousands of innocent Jewish victims he killed. But no matter what good is always going to over throw evil because more people have strong morals in what is right then those who have no morals at all and do what is not right.

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  2. I believe that what makes a good person is someone who is willing to do anything to help others like the story such as when the guy jumped on top of the lady to prevent her from being mauled by the train. I think that every human is born with good aspects, but it’s whether people decide to use it or just be mean to everyone and not care for others. Another big part of being a good person is being raised by a good family. If you have bad parents most likely you will be the same way. On the other hand evil is shown by being a bad person and that applies for people like Adolph Hitler, Osama Bin Laden because they seem to have no feelings for the people that they have all killed. If you do something like killing someone I believe there is no way you can become a good person. I believe you are born with knowing rights and wrongs.

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  3. Just put yourself in a sichawastion where you have two choices. One it to set you self-free but a man on the other side of the room will died a pain full death. Or he can get set free and you died a pain full death. What would you do? The answer will come down to a second in you and his life, who is willing to die for the other, are you willing to make that choice. That is the choices that make us Good/Evil. Scientist found out that it you were giving that choice that then the where taking a brain scan, the scan where all mess up them he started to think about it. They found out that people hate other people that are not part of their group, like a club if you are not a part of it your against it.

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  4. There are many things that make us (humans) good or evil. One quality is of being good or evil are the choices you make. Choices is a main characteristic that makes people either good or evil because when you make the right responsible choice you’re a good human, and if you make a bad choice that will later on have a consequence it would make you evil, but not every bad choice someone makes, makes them evil. Just from making a bad choice doesn’t make you evil, when you know it’s a bad choice and you still do it that makes you evil. Another characteristic is being generous. Generous is also an important trait that makes people either good or evil because when you’re being generous you’re helping others out with something that you don’t need to help them with. Not being generous is one step closer to being evil because it shows that you don’t think or care about others that are around you. Also not being generous shows that you’re typically not a nice person most of the time. The third custom a person has that can determine either if they’re a good or evil person is intelligence. Intelligence doesn’t seem like a property that can show whether you’re good or evil but it is because if you’re smart you’re more likely to know right from wrong so you’re less likely to make bad decisions. If you’re not very smart, you don’t know right from wrong and you would probably find yourself in a bad predicament. These are just a few things that make us (humans) either good or evil.

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