Is the world inherently evil?

Question

With greed, power, war and control the largest catalysts of change.... they run the economy, government, and are the basis of capitalisim... what say you?

Answer 1

I wouldn't say that the world is inherently evil, but I would say that every human being on the planet is inherently selfish. Selfishness left unchecked leads to all types of evil. People who commit murder kill people because when you get right down to it, they want to. People steal because when you get right down to it, they want whatever it is they're stealing. It's when people get to the point where they believe they have an inalienable RIGHT to do or take whatever they want, with no consideration of others, that evil is born.

P.S.: You'll always have the problem of greed and power in any economic system, but capitalism is still the best economic system because it recognizes the fact that people ARE selfish and greedy, so it rewards those who work harder, come up with better ways to do things, and develop new products/services that people want. Government-forced redistribution of wealth is a page right out of the former Soviet Union's manual for communism, and it destroyed their economy. You don't have to look any farther than our own Capitol Hill to see that even elected leaders are selfish and rarely (if ever) make decisions based on what's best for the masses. What's worse is the government takes away all creativity and motivation when people aren't allowed to reap the benefits of their hard work and ingenuity. Have you heard Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh talk about the "dumbing down" of our economy? This is exactly what they're talking about -- creating an environment where those who work the hardest don't work any harder than the laziest among us and everyone basically does the absolute minimum in order to get by. It didn't work in Russia and it won't work here.

Answer 2

Although ‘the.chip’ has a good point, I’d like to think that the world is not inherently so. Yes, greed, power, and control are big evil forces existent today. But what or who is the world? The world in my mind is how I think it to be, even by being realistic.
There are children, playing, laughing; mothers awaiting the birth of their sons; fathers working hard for their family. This is still the world as I know it today. It may have taken different forms but love and beauty is still all around us. Why do we call children innocent? Is that in the sense that they are blind to the real world? What is the ‘real’ world then? If we define it as ‘evil’, then one day when their blindfold is taken off, that would be what they would see.

The capitalists do not monopolize sin. Many people are driven to ‘evil’ things. But our world does not rotate on those evil thoughts. There are exceptions, they say, to rules. But those would be psychopaths, and those whose lives were corrupted with hate and manifested as crimes. Is hate the opposite of love? Maybe not. When taken in another perspective, hate brings out forgiveness, discipline and even…love.

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Answer 3

No... the world is not inherently evil. All you have to do is look around and observe. For every person focused on those things, there exists at least one person who is not. Balance.

The most powerful catalysts of change are ideas... and people with the moxy to do something about the problems facing us.

Answer 4

This question has been posed from the earliest days human beings could communicate and think rationally. It is a question that will never produce consensus because every one has their own set of beliefs and personal experiences with life. People who grow up in horrific circumstances often have a negative belief about people in general, and the world around them (although many have overcome their obstacles and are able to alter their perceptions). In today's society, however, I do believe it is much easier for people to develop a cynical attitude about life because the media bomblasts us with all the negativity they can find to entertain us. Personally, I am rather pessimistic about life and I have to watch how much exposure I have to the media because it contributes to my frequently feeling angered. Sometimes ignorance is bliss.

Answer 5

that will depend how u see it . the world is not evil nor it good it stand at a neutral stand. it only the goverment and the leader who have a just cause and leader power to justify their action. As for greed everone has greed. The difference is how greedy can you can become .Some can sacrifice other people in oirder to obtain what their want. War happen when the negotiation doesnt goes by their favour or their position is threatened.

Answer 6

No...some men are evil and seem to have the most power. But true goodness always prevails. Evil and greed feeds on itself until it consumes itself. There are many more wonderful, good things in this world than evil things.

Answer 7

No the world is not evil.

Take this as an example.
Darkness does NOT exist. It is simply the absence of light.

Evil is the same as darkness. It is simply the absence of goodness. Not many people sit around and think "what can I do today to make the world worse" but they also don't think about what can make the world better.

Answer 8

Greed, delight, lust, and selfishness are virtues. they're the features of a man or woman. in case you establish to color those human features as sins as a replace of what they certainly are, as virtues, then you definately create a ethical device wherein all people who prefer to be human might desire to be evil. in spite of the incontrovertible fact that, in my ethical code, that's consistent with purpose actuality simply by fact it relatively is derived from purpose actuality, individuals are in actuality stable, yet might nicely be evil in the event that they do no longer learn how to act in conformity with this ethical code.

Answer 9

Not at all. That is a "News" opinion . . . if you turn on the News all you hear is BAD news. But each day there are billions of kindnesses that go unrecorded and unrewarded yet people do not stop doing them. You need to look at both sides to get a balanced perspective.

Answer 10

Yes I would agree with your statement, and I can bring a religious basis for it as well.

When Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit and committed the first sin against God, it corrupted the rest of humanity. Therefore, all humans in existance today are naturally born into sin, and there is no way for them to escape it on their own.

This is where Jesus Christ comes into play. He came down and reversed the issue, giving us a way to escape our natural-born evil.