Man is innately good. yes or no?

Question

Please explain, why do you think they are innately good or bad.
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Answer 1

I believe that man is innately good because no one is born to be bad, through luck of their environmental upbringing, people just turn out good or bad. There are exceptions of course, you could take, say twins, and put one in a house of love, and the other in a house of indifference and hostility, and watch how they both turn out. Totally different I suspect.

Answer 2

I don't care what philosophies suggest on how the best answer for this question should be phrased.

I care 2 hoots (exactly 2 hoots but not more, since I don't think this story of Mahabharata values more than that !) for the story from Mahabharata where Yudhisthir could not find a bad man and Duryodhan could not find a good man.

I believe in living in the real world. No text books, not old stories, no books. Just facts and life. I don't get distracted or scared or biased by books and philosophies when I look at the reality.
I face the reality as it is.

SO : 98 % + men in this world are -
cunning, selfish to the core, inherently violent, full of deceptions and deceiving nature and dangerous to the core upto their blood itself.


Yes, man is supposed to be inherently good.
But in reality a vast majority of them are sooooooooo bad.

Believe me this is true. Whether you like it or not, or belive it or not, this is not going to change. Since this is how the world is.

Answer 3

I think that you need to decide which side you want to argue if this is for a paper, that needs serious attn. If this isn't true, then a quick spin will be okay.
On the good side: Man is good because they have created art, letters, mathematics, science, and going out in spaceships. This shows that the desire to better is there, and man has a strong worth ethic and can accomplish amazing things. The question....is just for putting themselves ahead and making a little extra money? which leads into the bad side
On the bad side: Pollution, a plethora of bad governments, lazy sloths who are accepted by society, and have effectively brough about global warming, just a few of the things. To argue this side, then man only is concerned with himself and does not care who he hurts in the long or short term.

Remermber, there will always be great and despicable men and women to draw upon as examples=)

Answer 4

Humanity started when a knuckle-dragger realized that you can't get ahead bending over. So, an erect posture was adopted, and animals of other species, walking or swimming, were considered as second rate beings. This transformation began approximately 200,000 years ago. The idea was to create a better way of hunting and fishing. This transformation could be considered as good. However, since then, all human activities showed too much greed, envy, and superiority. This is bad.
The answer is "NO"

Answer 5

Yes, we are born innately good. I think humans tend more toward empathy, kindness and compassion. Problems start with environment and attachments to material possessions and ego. When you throw these into the mix , that is when jealousy, envy, and anger are born. When you look at very isolated groups of people (for instance in the rain forests) there is very little violence and it is usually a group effort to keep everyone in the village fed and well. Where there is nothing to be gained, there is no reason to experience anger only happiness.

Answer 6

The inability of people and groups to make the efficient transmission of efforts energy and material resources makes available an idea that there is only so much capacity for it efficient transmission via the ignorance of ways in which everything interacts because of an inherent inability of man's mind to process all the information required to stabilize their environment with prosperity. Depending on how you define prosperity then this makes available. The idea as to whether or not, something is good or bad in an action by man. So the question really here is not as to whether man is good or bad, because you cannot quantify without proper perspective to past present and future whether or not the individual is good or bad, because it is the actions and transmissions of energy that cause or eliminate suffering that are to be objectified here so your question is illusory to correct awareness of all the information which is involved for the events in which man is involved; that could be quantified as good or bad. If you look at my personal page, which is mentioned on my profile freewebs.com / extinctculture there is a link near the top, which is titled life energy word abacus and on the main page. It mentions using marks up OneNote 2007 software to keep notes of corruption for a personal and professional journal, which can in the short term of man's progression be made available to others pursuing educational experiences to verify as to the nature of their skills and attitudes with an ability to maintain backwards compatibility via the people who have already experienced interactions in educational and professional situations. Even personal situations.

Answer 7

Since I believe in the Hebrew Scriptures, I believe that mankind is innately bad (since the 'Fall') and must have the spirit of the Almighty YHWH to be able to always "choose" the "unselfish good" for the whole of humanity.
If Mankind were "innately good" then they would "always" choose the just and loving course of actions towards themselves and others, hence Utopia or Paradise.

Answer 8

That's a tough but interesting question. I'd choose to believe that every man is equally capable of good and evil. But the acts of kindness and evil are situational. At the same time, we need to analyze the intentions of the actions committed by men. Some evil acts could be carried out in self defence or retaliation or maybe the evil doer is a victim of circumstances. Some kind acts could be mere acts of hypocrisy. Or men could have conducted themselves well in the presence of others simply because of the fear of breaching social rules and facing social rejection.

Even the bible mentioned that we are made merely in the image of God. It didn't imply that we are godly. A man who is divine is equally tempted to sin.

Answer 9

Biblically, man is born innately evil... and I would tend to agree with this; because I believe it is a conscious act to make good decisions. Human nature is partly ruled by greed... the desire to "have" more... whether it is land, money, women\men, or any possession for that matter... and it takes both effort, and character to help another person because they need it, and not because you feel good doing it. Even helping a person in need can be motivated by selfish desires...

I believe that man is inherently evil, and requires discipline to be otherwise.

Answer 10

Yes, of course, as long as he can afford to be good without hurting himself. However, whenever there is a clash with the self interest, he is prone to put his basic goodness on hold or relegated to second priority. His emotions can get hold of him and make him do things that he may repent later.

This feeling of repentance is the real proof of his innate goodness!! Sooner or later, everyone repents evil doings of the past!!