Rousseau Good Vs Evil

The Mystery of Evil's Origin
Good vs. Evil is normally correlated to Good vs. Bad, but what determines someone's goodness or someone's badness can sometimes be hard to find. In British Literature, there are characters who support the different theories of the philosophers who try to tackle the question of evil's origins. Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau once said, "Our greatest evils come from ourselves," (Notes) yet he also said that "we are all good by nature but corrupted by society"(Notes). Sigmund Freud believed that "the moral self was ones conscious and the evil self was ones unconscious"(Freud). Fred Alford believed that both good and evil are "essential components of out nature"(Alford). As is stated, some philosophers believe that
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's beliefs on evil can easily be represented in Macbeth. He fits into Rousseau's theory of evil since his character was in a sense, influenced by other people to become evil. Sigmund Freud's theory of evil can be represented by the character of Lady Macbeth and how Freud believes that evil comes from ourselves/within. Fred Alford's theory can be represented by the character of Grendel because he is already seen as a monster by the humans, something which he was not aware of, and it is not until he does become aware that evil becomes a part of his
Alford believed that evil was about the nothingness, the "loss of self, loss of meaning, loss of history, and loss of connection to the world itself" (Caestelloe, 2013). He also believed that performing something evil was to directly hurt someone or cause them suffering. He said that evil is to hurt someone in any of two ways, physical harm or harm to someone's soul. Yet, Alford says that evil cannot be caused by just humans but also by the change in nature or by the twists and turns of life. Evil is not just about having others, but about the pleasure of having absolute control or inherit in the ability to have