The Problem Of Evil: Why Do “Good” People Do Bad Things?

By: Lauren Green

I have worked in the news for the past, well, several years, and I've seen a recurring theme: that people, who appear normal and lead seemingly good lives, can commit very horrible crimes. Two recent examples that first come to mind are the Amish school shooting and the debacle at the Abu Ghraib prison.

History is rife with state-sponsored systemic evil, like Nazi Germany and the genocide in Rwanda, where a regular person's sense of right and wrong can go haywire in a political whirlwind that can reposition one's moral compass.

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