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[MiddleEarth] The fact that Saruman "bred" orc-men means that orcs can have kids. So if an elf raised an orc infant, would they still grow up to be evil? Are orcs just naturally bad, or are they culturally bad?
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While word of god waffled, Tolkien finally settled on saying that orcs can probably grow up to be good- they're sapient beings, not machines, and they clearly must have some good traits, like loyalty or bravery, to be any threat to the people of middle earth.

Both biologically and culturally they have  strong forces pushing them towards evil, but they have souls and free will so an individual orc *can* make the choice to be good. Salvation is available for all, even if it is harder for some then for others.