There Are More Good People Than Evil. Society Is The Source Of Individuals Wrong

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Term Paper Title	There Are More Good People Than Evil. Society Is The Source Of Individuals Wrong
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There are more good people than evil.  Society is the source of individuals wrong -- doing, or evil.  In William Golding's  Lord of the Flies readers are introduced to characters of good and evil.  The Milgram Experiment tested the reaction of people told to give painful electric shocks.  Many people are good in the world but only few are really great because they control how their environment influences their behavior.

     The Milgram Experiment showed that while more than fifty percent of the teachers gave maximum electric shocks to a human being, many did stop earlier.  The commands and prompting of the scientists influenced the teachers to give the maximum shocks.  It was outside forces, in this case authority, that pushed man to do evil.  Most of the teachers did not want to hurt another and wanted to stop when they heard the screams of their partners.  When the scientists were not in as  much contact with the teacher, the teacher would stop administering the shocks earlier.  This would happen because the teachers would be able to think for themselves and not be pressured or persuaded by anyone else.  If the teachers were able to see their partner receive the shocks, the teachers were less likely to administer increased voltage.

     The strong character, Ralph, in William Golding's Lord of the Flies, never gives in to the weaker, less rational revolutionary Jack.  Therefore, Ralph, a common sense person is a good and true leader.  Jack, the self-nominated leader is a mean guy who orders the boys to kill not only pigs but other kids as well.  This shows that good people are needed because if Ralph had shifted to being bad, they would have never been found because the fire would have gone out.  There also would no...

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