This post is about something that I randomly thought about in class on Monday, and that thought had to do with the much loved Lord of the Rings films, more specifically: Fellowship of the Ring. We were talking about morality and about Plato's ring of invisability. Now I know that the connection between the two stories is obvious, but that wasnt what popped into my head and distracted me from my usual unwavering attention in class...I was reminded of a certain scene between Frodo and Gandalf in Bilbo's home. Frodo offers the ring to Gandalf and Gandalf responds: " Don't tempt me Frodo. Understand that I would use this Ring from a desire to do good. But through me... it would wield a power too great and terrible to imagine."

I dont have any huge revelation about this scene, only that it seemed to be a good example of trying to be moral, but instead actually doing evil. Does anyone have any other interesting, cool, fun, tragic, or what ever examples of someone or thing desiring to be moral but in the process performing evil?