Are humans, in general, evil, neutral, or good?

Question

I'm NOT asking if we are born a certain way. I believe we are all born NEUTRAL.

But what do you think we are as a whole?

Give more then a simple awnser. I want to see discussion, insight, and examples!

Answer 1

I also believe we are born neutral. People who grow up in happy homes do not usually end up as psychos. It really depends on the circumstances in a person's life. Sometimes a simple moment can effect a single person more than seems possible. Everyone has the ability to do and be good. For example, people like Tookie Williams. He did bad things, but towards the end of his life, he turned into a philanthropist. It just matters what happens in a person's life, their environment, and their ability to handle the obstacles when it comes down to a person's in/ability to be a good person.

Answer 2

I believe humans are born neutral. Once they get older, they tend to lean more towards being good or evil, sometimes staying neutral. As a whole, I'd have to say the human race is neutral. because of the differences in individuals.

Answer 3

It's a fair assessment that as humans we have just as much a tendency toward evil as we do toward good. Think of the elements: each has the power to sustain you as well as kill you. With humans I believe it's a matter of the cards you were dealt with, and more importantly how you play them.

Hear about the Stanford Prison Experiment? It's a compelling look at just such a situation. Standford U did a psychological experiment based on a simulation of prison life - they took a group of students - male, same age range, socio-economic background, beliefs, and split them into groups - prisoners and prison guards, and observed how the "guards" became more agressive and abusive, and the prisoners....well, some of them nearly broke down. This was supposed to be a 2 week experiment...it lasted 6 days.

Answer 4

Oh, I'd say 25% evil 75% good. Just watch the news for the bad examples. Most people at least try to be good. They try to exist without bothering anyone. Some people even help other people, food banks, shelters, various charities do wonderful work everyday. I try to behave but sometimes it's fun to be naughty, especially on here. It's so easy to tick people off, some people take everything so seriously. So, does that make me evil? Maybe, but what people are like on a computer is not always how they really are. So, does that make me a lyer? I'll let you decide for yourself.

Answer 5

i imagine the very incontrovertible actuality that the bible says that all and dissimilar people are born sinners is a acceptable celebration of why faith is a corrosive and degrading psychological plague. people are literally not inherently some thing. people, clone of all different organisms that exist, are born understanding not some thing in any respect in any respect. that's in common words exterior stimuli absorbed with the help of the senses that structure the fellow's personality over the years. if a baby has a secure, satisfied, loving upbringing, the position it really is inspired and supported, then possibilities are extreme extremely extreme that they are going to strengthen as a lot as grow to be a kind-hearted, good-natured individual. compared, if a baby is abused or handed over, possibilities are extreme extremely extreme that they are going to strengthen as a lot as be a mentally disturbed, depressed and/or suicidal (or maybe homicidal) grownup. after we are born, we are not some thing more advantageous than dry sponges, waiting to take in and make experience of the essence of reality. with this in ideas, in case you imagine a baby being informed that they are "born a sinner" because formative years, in the experience that they are taught that they ought to beg for forgiveness to some deity in the sky in the different case they are going to burn in hell for eternity and struggle through inexplicable soreness, that's fantastically fukcing obtrusive to me that those teachings are the clarification behind significant psychological soreness between little ones, because they don't question the words of adults. i don't think of being good or undesirable is genetic. particular personality features truthfully are, yet i imagine that upbringing and the own prognosis of exterior stimuli performs a much extra significant function in shaping the tips of someone.

Answer 6

well it depends on the person not all of humanity in one big judgement thats a good question though. but i think people are born neutral since u don't know anything when ur born...

Answer 7

Well since there is no actual thing as good and evil, but rather only our perceptions thereof, it would depend on whose definition you were using. I do not believe anyone can be truly evil by their own standards. They may do things they know is wrong, but cannot do something they consider evil. However, if you judge someone by your values then they may be evil, from your point of view.

Answer 8

it is imposible to tell without considering law and chaos, and silly to think law and good are the same. The Dungeons and Dragons alignment system provides surprising insight into the question

Answer 9

Sadly...mostly evil.

Everytime I turn on the TV or read the newspaper..i see someone murdered, robbed, or there is a new bomb being made.

I know there are still a lot of good people out there....its just i think there are more people who are evil.

it seems like no one cares about other peoples' feelings or anything like that...they are just thinking about what they want.

Answer 10

Sounds like you've been influenced by the eighteenth century philosophy that all are born with a tabula rasa (blank slate). There are other views on this matter, you know.