If there is no explicable reason for a person to behave badly (good childhood, nice life, no psychological problems), yet they choose to harm other people or hurt themselves due to bad decisions, can you say that they were "bad" from the beginning?
2006-08-09 15:33:38 · 10 answers · asked by thomas m 1 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
I am sorry, but I don't buy this hypothetical: there is always an explanation for a persons behavior. Perhaps you really have to look deeper....but it is there. We are all born with the capacity for both good and bad. It is our choice (either consiously, or subconsiously) to choose which behavior we display.
2006-08-09 15:41:47 · answer #1 · answered by littleflower_57 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no. Yes, because people are born into this world with a selfish need to be here, or to be fed. No, because they learn also how to be good. They just learn how to hurt other people by the ones they love and/or the ones they hang out with.
2006-08-09 15:41:34 · answer #2 · answered by christi t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look up ATAVIST....possibly on the web...i read and have a book called "NOT GUILTY".......a defense of the bottom dog.......by robert blatchford....written in 1918...he answers so many questions that people are asking today ...he uses the word atavist to descibe a person who has inherited a gene...could be centuries ago...and it shows up...bundy...dahmer...in people like that...where there's no explanation for the behavior...this guy was ahead of his time...the book is very profound..i saw it on ebay awhile back so there are some copies around...
2006-08-09 16:00:56 · answer #3 · answered by Happy Summer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i never behave. i always get in trouble. today at skool i was out at recess playing basketball and this kid kept bothering me. so i threw the ball at his face. it gave him a black eye and bloody nose. i got grounded when i got home by my uncle and auntie. tehy is callng my mom and dad right now. if i do it again i get suspended. my dad said that when i was born i was a good kid. tell i was about three then i started getting into trouble.
2006-08-09 15:41:27 · answer #4 · answered by Hercy M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hellz yeah they can, just ask George Thoroghgood.
2006-08-09 15:49:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when i was born my momma said ,son when u grow up ur going to be bad to the bone,
2006-08-09 15:58:29 · answer #6 · answered by hunglow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question DETAILS contradict! You included "choose" (choice).
Therefore the answer is NO!
2006-08-09 16:41:43 · answer #7 · answered by Chickenwings 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it call reprobate. Thank God in percentage terms it is rare.
2006-08-09 15:37:23 · answer #8 · answered by alcavy609 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all children are born innocent , they become bad after learning stuff , so no their not born bad
2006-08-09 15:45:37 · answer #9 · answered by jojo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think so. We grow up to be what we see.
2006-08-09 15:53:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋