Society Knows Evil

"What does, or ought to, separate us then is our highly developed sense of morality, a primal understanding of good and bad, of right and wrong, of what it means to suffer not only our own pain—something anything with a rudimentary nervous system can do—but also the pain of others. That quality is the distilled essence of what it means to be human. Why it's an essence that so often spoils, no one can say. " -Time Magizine
If humans develop a sense of right from wrong then why is evil still attractive? Throughout time humans deals with moral decision or good and bad. Somehow although the right thing is drilled into people's mind evil overcomes and ultimately wins. Evil things are usually wrong and immoral but still attractive for some reason. Maybe is the urge to rebel or try something new but why do people choose evil when they clearly know its wrong. Is it really human nature to be evil, are we naturally good or evil? Are there good people and evil people and theres no changing who you are? Evilness overtake a person and is hard to break free from but why are humans constantly attracted to evil?

Crime and Punnishment Reveals

Raskolnikov, the main character, in Crime and Punnishment deals with the issue of why evil is so attractive. He comits a severe crime and does not see his actions as being wrong. He dewls on the idea of "the extraordinary man" which explains that it is ok to kill a bad person. Therefore he kills the old pawn shop lady because she had done evil to others by cheating them out of their money. He does not feel gulit or remorse for a good portion of the novel and continues to live his life with this crime over his head. In this case I do not believe that Raskolnikov is attracted to the evil of killing this woman but rather trying to be good by "saving the world of her evilness." Ultimately he is evil though becasue he has comiited a very evil act even though he might not have perceived it as wrong.