Is it wrong to be evil if your born that way?

Answer 1

No it is not wrong. But it is wrong for society to allow the evil person to run around doing evil stuff.

Answer 2

It is wrong to be evil in all circumstances because no one is BORN evil. Everyone is born to be good as a creation of God. They only become evil by doing what they know is wrong, purposely. Even if they are raised in an unstable environment, they can refuse to mimic the ways of the bad influences in life because people are born with a conscience--the ability to distinguish between what is right and what is wrong.

Answer 3

Depends really. If you really are born ways then I guess it's not wrong. How can it be wrong? You were created that way, it is your purpose. I don't think people are born ways though, I think we have controll over what we become and I think that evil must be defeated. The only problem is, what is evil?

Answer 4

What is evil as applied to a newborn?

Of course, "everyone" knows what evil is (usually "they" are evil - those people over there...)

Think of your most unarguable example of an "evil" adult sitting next to your most unarguable example of a "good" adult - except think of them as newborns - and you can't tell them apart.

Is one or the other of them "wrong"? I'd suggest that they are just newborns. That one may grow to cause ill and the other may grow to ease suffering is simply potential.

We shouldn't be judging adults and putting a label on a newborn seems unthinkable...

So - find an infant "born evil", and the question might apply to them, but otherwise: if you can't be born evil, does it make sense to ask what would happen if you were?

Answer 5

Society "sets the rules of what is wrong or evil - not the person. If you are born bad and it doesn't bother you, that is immoral. Means you know it is wrong but you don't care. If you use the excuse of "I was born that way" and you have no problem with your conscience, then you are immoral and the things you do are still wrong.

Norm

Answer 6

I'd like to answer that question in two ways.

1. If God doesn't exist.
Evil actions are usually defined religiously, but if God doesn't exist, then how would evil be defined. I like to define evil in religiously neutral terms. If an individual commits an evil action, then that action will result in misery for the individual. In this definition, evil actions are still wrong.

2. If God exists.
I believe God does exist, and that evil is to sin against God. God wants to help us repent of our sins so that we will return to his kingdom. Therefore, no matter how we are born, it is wrong to be evil, we need to change.

Answer 7

If you are born that way, you are a sociopath. You do not understand right vs wrong, but evil is wrong and intellectually the sociopath learns that fact. He must therefore behave accordingly or face the consequences.

Answer 8

get it straight. being good or evil is a matter of choice. we as sane beings have a choice to do evil or good. King David said, "In sin did my mother conceive me". so we are born with sin. but it does not mean we can continue to do evil or sin. evil brings forth death and destruction. if you are being evil you will have to be ready to pay for the consequences of the evil actions.

Answer 9

Yes, of course it is wrong. Some people are born into negative families. But we all have the power to change ourselves.

Answer 10

Why would you assume you're born that way? Most of our temperment is genetic, true, but how we learn to deal with that in a social environment is LEARNED, and destructive behavior can be unlearned. Are you looking for excuses?