Tolkien's moral dilemma was an issue he created for himself by writing sapient but always purely evil races like orcs. Tolkien ended up finding this aspect of his work problematic due to his devout Catholic worldview, but never figured out a satisfactory lore resolution to it.

Tolkien's moral dilemma was an issue he created for himself by writing sapient but always purely evil races like orcs. Tolkien ended up finding this aspect of his work problematic due to his devout Catholic worldview, but never figured out a satisfactory lore resolution to it.