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Is evil learned or innate behaviour? Discuss.  

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#1. Is evil learned or innate behaviour? Discuss. 500 words Evil is often mistaken to be innate behaviour, but in reality evil is learned. The definition of evil is someone or something that is morally bad or wrong; wicked. It can also be defined as a sin. Evil is learned through other people and it can happen to anyone. It can involve situations like, family problems, like divorce, or the community where one grows up in can have a major effect on a person. It is learned when an individual has a temper and yells at another person or uses physical abuse towards them. When a child is first born into this world they do not already have evil inside them, it is learned by their surroundings, as they grow older. Newborn children are sweet, innocent babies who don't even know what evil is. When newborns are raised over time and...

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