Most of the people who emerge from bad families weren't raised in a society where that was the only way of life, and they go through ALOT of therapy before they are able to function in society, that or the begin to revert to the ways they despised so much becuase it's the only way they know.
Morick, I might consider neutral, as he is reasonably loyal to Wulfgar (once his life is threatened if he doesn't) But Artemis and Jarlaxle are evil, while they aren't chaotic evil like most drow (IIRC they're both lawful evil), their actions and the lifestyle they've chosen/been thrust into determines their alignment, Artemis is a survivor, he wants to be the best, and he stopped at nothing (except his own twisted code of honor) to get there, Jarlaxle worked better as a shadowy puppet master, the same role he played in most of the Drizzt books prior to the silent blade, and he is not above eliminating those who show the slightest failure, the fact that he's fairly loyal to his leutenants/Artemis just shows that he's not paranoid, not that he's really a good guy that's just slightly misunderstood.
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