▁one ▁need ▁feel ▁no ▁comp unction ", ▁or ▁in ▁Tol k ien ' s ▁words ▁from ▁The ▁Mon sters ▁and ▁the ▁Crit ics ▁" the ▁inf antry ▁of ▁the ▁old ▁war " ▁ready ▁to ▁be ▁sla ugh tered . ▁Sh ipp ey ▁states ▁that ▁all ▁the ▁same , ▁or cs ▁share ▁the ▁human ▁concept ▁of ▁good ▁and ▁evil , ▁with ▁a ▁familiar ▁sense ▁of ▁mor ality , ▁though ▁he ▁notes ▁that , ▁like ▁many ▁people , ▁or cs ▁are ▁quite ▁unable ▁to ▁apply ▁their ▁mor als ▁to ▁themselves . ▁In ▁his ▁view , ▁Tol k ien , ▁as ▁a ▁Roman ▁Catholic , ▁took ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁given ▁that ▁" ev il ▁cannot ▁make , ▁only ▁mock ", ▁so ▁or cs ▁could ▁not ▁have ▁an ▁equal ▁and ▁opposite ▁mor ality ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁men ▁or ▁el ves . ▁Sh ipp ey ▁notes ▁that ▁in ▁The ▁Two ▁Tow ers , ▁the ▁or c ▁G orb ag ▁disapp ro ves ▁of ▁the ▁" regular ▁el v ish ▁trick " ▁of ▁seem ing ▁to ▁abandon ▁a ▁com rade , ▁as ▁he ▁wrong ly ▁supp oses ▁Sam ▁has ▁done ▁with ▁Fro do . ▁Sh ipp ey ▁describes ▁the ▁imp lied ▁view ▁of ▁evil ▁as ▁Bo eth ian , ▁that ▁evil ▁is ▁the ▁absence ▁of ▁good ; ▁he ▁notes ▁however ▁that ▁Tol k ien ▁did ▁not ▁agree ▁with ▁that ▁point ▁of ▁view , ▁bel ieving ▁that ▁evil ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁act ively ▁comb atted , ▁with ▁war ▁if ▁necessary , ▁the ▁Man iche an ▁position . ▁ ▁Other ▁authors