or good? Are we born inately evil?
2006-11-02 16:22:59 · 13 answers · asked by gemma 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
That's definitely matter of opinion. My colleague and I would debate this. He would say that human nature is selfish and would cheat, lie and plunder to get their own way. I argued that without outside influences, humans show compassion and are willing to help others even if it it meant that it cost them something without overt reward.
My opinion is that we are all born without knowledge of good and evil, and as we develop, we would naturally make good choice rather than bad choices (which some people would term as "evil").
2006-11-02 16:36:57 · answer #1 · answered by borscht 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No the child wouldn't be evil. And no we aren't born inately evil. We are born with the ability to make choices. Even then we aren't evil. We might make wrong choices or actually do bad things, but I wouldn't even call that evil.
The word evil has devilish conotations. Thus to be evil a person would have to be in cohorts with the devil.
Otherwise we are just plain old bad.
Concering the child left on the island...without you giving an age it isn't an easy thing to answer.
The child would become animal-like. But, far from evil. Infact the lack of human contact just might make the child more innocent than if he had lived among people who would tend to corrupt him.
2006-11-02 17:27:47 · answer #2 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
People or things are not inherently Good or Evil. A person is judged by their deeds. Growing up on an island alone does not make them anything. If this person did something after coming back from the island that could be judged. Or if the person did something on the island that could be judged, either of those could be grounds for determining how good or evil a person is.
The person might not understand much about what good or evil is, and they might not understand much about people being alone since childhood. But they would not be one or the other.
Interesting... why would you ask that?
2006-11-02 16:35:33 · answer #3 · answered by Duane L 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would depend on how old the child was when they were left on the deserted island. The age of the child would have an effect on them becoming evil or not.
2006-11-02 16:32:00 · answer #4 · answered by Angry 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They wouldnt be evil but they would not trust anyone around and or open up to others. They will only trust themselves and love themselves. Also they will be isolated from the rest, may not speak to others.
We are not born evil or good. We develope our personalites through our surrondings as we are growing up. We look up and tend to follow those around us. That's why everyone's personality and ways to express themselves different because we all grew up differently.
2006-11-02 16:34:47 · answer #5 · answered by Meow~ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That person wouldn't be evil I don't think. However he would be considered dumb because he would have no experience with anything we have today and he would have no language. But he would definitely know how to survive in the wilderness.
2006-11-02 16:26:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOL i do no longer think of so. i'm going to in all probability have the psychological capability to do it for some days, yet afterwards i must be so overwhelmed by capacity of starvation, thirst and lethargy that i might circulate loopy and get annoyed on the slightest issues.
2016-10-21 04:35:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not evil. That person would have no understanding of human interaction and would be socially unskilled, illiterate, innumerate and unable to speak.
2006-11-02 16:26:08 · answer #8 · answered by urbancoyote 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He would behave savagely without evil intent. Violence and selfishness are not necessarily evil. They must have religion and purposely oppose God to be evil.
2006-11-02 16:35:47 · answer #9 · answered by breastfed43 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
this child as an adult does not know evil- he has no connection with the real world
No we are not born evil this comes
from environmentel issue
2006-11-02 16:27:09 · answer #10 · answered by ekleinert 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋