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Originally Posted by Flyndaran
That makes my point then. That it was the overpowering control of the ring that made him do it not any innate act of inherent evil. One can't be evil if there is no ability to choose.
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Well first of all, there was an ability to choose. Frodo and Bilbo managed to refrain from murdering their companions and family members much longer than Smeagol did.
And secondly I reject the whole definitional premise. The orcs were not somehow not evil just because they were hardwired to be a dark lord's goons.