Part 4/6:
Confronting the Darker Aspects of Human Nature
A subsequent encounter with another inmate only deepened these reflections. Hearing about the brutal beating of another prisoner—an act allegedly prompted by suspicions of being a snitch—left the speaker in a state of contemplation regarding the depths of human violence. He found himself contemplating a crucial question: under what circumstances could he, too, commit such an atrocity?
This intense period of self-reflection lasted a fortnight. It served as an intellectual meditation, revealing a shocking truth—the potential for malevolence resides within everyone, including himself. The barriers that separated "good" from "evil" began to dissolve, revealing a complex gradient of morality that was neither purely black nor white.