My take:
Bad people do bad things
Good people don't do bad things.
Please stop this excuse that because you're creative, you automatically have the propensity to do bad things. It has something to do with moral compass and values. There will always be crooks among us and they come in different forms. Our society which emphasize on materialism, spending,
hero worship of the rich and famous, somewhat allow the weak and crooked to game the system and commit these heinous deeds.
I had a psychology teacher in my undergrad studies that despised this notion (not saying I agree with him, but I'm somewhere between). He proudly titled himself an atheist and clearly had a bias against religious mindsets... which drove much of his class discussion. I consider myself a Christian fwiw.
[fair warning, the rest of this is his strong opinions... which run contrary to most peoples common beliefs]
One of his lectures stood out to me... enough to still remember today. He took on the subject of free will and choices when it comes to good and evil. His argument was that most people (particularly those subscribing to a world religion) have been taught to believe that there is an inherent good and evil in the world constantly tugging at them. Religion is fundamentally based on this notion... and society teaches us what is right and wrong through laws and moral codes. Most people believe that there are choices presented in life that are good and choices that are bad, and that everyone needs to choose the good choice over the bad one to the best of their ability.
He went on to state that this was fantasy and that good and evil is simply a perception of society and individuals who are observing the situation... that universally there is no scientific definition for good and evil. Instead we live in a world that demands we subscribe to this good and evil notion and we must do what they tell us instead of what deep down our instincts want us to do (sometimes they contradict).
He went on to say that good and evil moral codes are simply a product of evolution. A method of humanity to attempt not to completely destroying itself... "you don't kill me and I won't kill you... society tells us this. Lets help each other instead, so I can get ahead (maybe you will too, though that's not my concern)"
He presented a thought experiment... imagine a baby is born and immediately taken from his family and thrown into an experiment (think Truman Show). His entire life he grows up witnessing most evil acts as getting praise and good acts as getting scorned. When this individual is released onto the real world he will undoubtedly be viewed as evil through almost all of his actions... but in his head, what is he?
The argument is that many people in society today think the boy will have a eureka moment and see that he is being evil and stop. Some force will pull him to good, he will instinctively know that his acts are bad no matter how he was raised. My teacher was arguing, that no such force exists as we define it, but rather it exists only in the form of moral code and social order. He would be thrown in jail for doing bad and will have to learn to be good because we tell him this is now what is good.
He said this defines a problem in society... that we all have different upbringings and exposure to the social rules for good and evil. So when we act differently than others, we might interpret our action as ok... or good, when someone else will view it as evil. Obviously there are universal rules "don't kill your neighbor"... but each human has a different thresh hold for these moral codes. There is a lot of gray area as to what is most important and what is least, when comparing contradicting actions.
He went further to say that today we have the ability to study the brains of the psychopaths and serial killers and they have common connections in both their brains and upbringings. That is, when someone is born with a brain that lacks empathy (the region is smaller than average where it normally would be) AND they are brought up in an abusive household... they have hit the lottery, in a bad sense, and are a perfect candidate to become a criminal... most people (like the one I've quoted) hate this notion. They WANT people to be held accountable for their actions.
Its natural for humans to want to believe "everyone else is like me and should act the way I do"... but from a psychological standpoint, we are all very different internally both in how we were raised and what we started with (our pre-wiring)...we also all interpret the world differently. This is what makes being human so much fun and interesting... if we were all exactly the same and followed the exact same moral compass the world would be a much more boring place (better though?)
[back to my own opinion]
fwiw, I'm not justifying anything or anyone actions... I just find it absolutely fascinating to study why and how people do what they do. It's not always as easy as "they did it because they are evil"... at least not in my opinion.
There is always a motive for an action... and everything people do is in their self interest (ex: doing 'good' makes you feel 'good' because you see that others view your act as 'good') Even moral code and society can't stop that process.