Are humans inherently good or evil?

[Scrat-]

"If man is left to his own notions and conduct, he would certainly turn out the most preposterous of human beings. The influence of prejudice, authority would stifle nature in him and substitute nothing.”

~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau [1712 - 1778]

Rousseau is well-known for his belief that man is born good, but corrupted by society. He claims that a man who is guided to nothing but his own nature will turn out as a pure, kind human being. His theory is not much his own. Mencius [372 - 289 BC] made the very famous claim that man is born fundamentally good. It's a topic often discussed when confronted by criminality, children, and parenthood.

His philosophy is famously challenged by Xun Zi [312 - 230 BC], who claimed that humans are born evil. He points out that desire lies in the core of humanity.
"A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned."
He says that any good action is a conscious, deliberate activity. A person has to make effort to be good, a person 'fakes' to be good, so to say.

So what do you think? Are people born inherently good, or inherently evil? No answer can be right or wrong, just voice your opinion.

[ChaffyExpert]

ⓥenom Ⓢnake 🐍님이 먼저 게시:

Traror, do you mind me shooting you a friend invite, as a have a few questios and I really feel you need an outlet to rant to aside from your... uh... not derails of certain threads.

There is no ranting, if people are so vulnerable and insecure that i can't comment without being blamed for something, that is their own fault.

[Gen X]

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Generation X님이 먼저 게시:

Who is everyone? Where is the little evidence? History is not evidence?

I see aliens hoax card. hey If I lived in denial too Id say Donald Trumps face tan and orange hair are a hoax too!!!

Everyone, as in every person that doesn't belive your conspiracy theory.
Recored history disproves what you have been saying, and is much more trustworthy and recorded.

No denial here.

Your right I love recorded history!!!! Like what I already showed you
AND THIS A FILM

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120102/

But But how can this be? Yeah me and Brad Pitt in cahoots on this tin foil hat ♥♥♥♥.

Ohh wait, its a true story about an austrian nazi party member?

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