Evil/Ivy/10S403

The author states that society denies against evil because it seems "extreme". I agree with the author as human beings would most of the time prefer to sit on the fence as they often find supporting one extreme would mean trouble. This is evident especially when people are faced with a dilemma, for example, when a man is sandwiched between an argument between his wife and his mother. Most of the time he would not take sides as he is afraid of hurting the other party or risking their relationship. The same goes to evil, evil is a very subjective term and varies from person to person. Society, most of the time would prefer to 'see no evil' as it would imply that the society is all good. However, this may not apply to the whole of society, there are some people with courage to admit to the existence of evil by not sitting on the fence and such acts are getting more popular these days. This could be seen from the increase in numbers of children willing to seek help when being abused or bullied.

In order to deal with evil, the author believes that 'we must do all we can to not dehumanize or demonize others.' I disagree to some extent, as often those who commit evil lack human feelings and conscience, this is because the term 'evil' is an extreme word, merely saying someone who for example, breaks rules and regulations in an institution, such as school would not be called as evil but one who murders with a plan to escape punishments and with motive behind, especially one that is wicked is often one who is incurable, hence it would be proven much difficulty to not demonise them. hence, i find the author's arguments unconvincing.