V for Vendetta by Alan Moore, Richard III by William Shakespeare, and Grendel by John Garder _______ The subject of evil and its origin cannot be proven by factual evidence, and so it is rather the case. a notion that only exists in each individual's thoughts, allowing them to possess unique beliefs that affect the way they live. What is considered evil depends on each individual's view of morality, which constantly changes over the course of that person's life. life. Roy Perrett's book, “Evil and Human Nature,” explains this by expanding on the usual interpretation of moral evil. This evil, caused by a bad action or intentional harm, is opposed to another type of evil, natural evil, which occurs without the intervention of a human agent. While natural evils, such as hurricanes and disease, may hint at the existence of a greater evil power, moral evils instead exist due to human decisions and are more commonly recognized. However, Perrett argues that even recognition of moral evils "does not seem to reflect what many people have in mind when they speak of evil." "Evil is instead often understood as a very particular kind of moral category: it involves not just wrongdoing, but a particular kind of intentional wrongdoing" (304). This familiar definition of evil expands on the vague subject of moral evil, in that the perpetrator of this sinister action enjoys and never regrets committing this action. Accordingly, in order to conform to the currently accepted definition of evil, the action must be performed solely because it is evil and harmful. Therefore, it can be argued that the government depicted in Alan Moore's V for Vendetta is not evil in the modern sense. While some believe that the murder of innocents... middle of paper... shaped the world” (55). But ultimately, Bernstein comes to the conclusion that individuals are never able to doubt God or gods because humans cannot even begin to understand the complexity of a more powerful entity. Therefore, humans are also not in a position to question the choices that may have been made by any type of god. Every claim regarding evil is biased and devoid of fact, and this is why humans turn to religious writings and works to provide answers to an inscrutable being and evil force. Even if scientific evidence one day reveals that the pessimistic philosophy that evil is inherently human turns out to be true, religious believers could still argue that any intrinsically human quality has at some point been influenced and provided by a more powerful entity. Therefore, humans will always have differing opinions on the true source of evil..