Nature Of Human Nature

Good and bad, two opposite terms that are used by people. ‘Good’ is known as morally excellent and ‘bad’ is known as being wicked or having an evil character. The ideas of good and bad are thought to be connected to human nature. Human nature is the characteristics, feelings, and behaviours of humankind that is shared by all humans. Because good and bad are two opposite terms and it is in human nature this has led to attempts to explain how both good and bad behaviours affect peoples’ daily life. The debate of on explanations of human’s good and bad behaviour still is ongoing nowadays. Two Chinese philosophers, Mencius (2016) and Hsun Tzu (1963) have relevant approaches to analysing this behaviour. Hsun Tzu focused on human

I believe that human beings are basically good. When they are first born and grow up as babies and toddlers, humans are innocent. However, with the effects of outside experiences and social expectations, human beings can be prone to evil. Humans want to be recognized within society and this can be seen in the movie, “The Talented Mr. Ripley”. Due to the social environment that Tom Ripley lives in, he feels the need to fit in and be wealthy like the people around him. This causes him to seek for ways, whether the action is moral or immoral, to attain a higher social status.

From looking at the world now, it is ridiculous to say that we are naturally good. However, if one person believes that stealing is evil, another might believe that stealing is good if it's for a good purpose. So it depends on the person’s views. When a newborn is brought into this world you tend to see purity and simplicity in his eyes. For instance if a child executed a man, we cannot judge nor blame the child since the child knows nothing in life yet. In fact for quite a long time, many philosophers, as well as most individuals, have contemplated on the question “ Is human nature good or bad?”

In Genesis the word of God leads humanity in the direction of self preservation, urging them to procreate, to ”Be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 9:1), and to minimize hostility and violence among people. As Freud asserted, “Besides the instinct to preserve living substance and join it into ever larger units, there must exist another, contrary instinct seeking to dissolve those units and bring them back to their primeval, inorganic state” (Freud 77). Genesis exemplifies the struggle between the two opposing human instincts, with God acting as a moderator between them. Forms of justice are put into place in an attempt to control these drives, one example being the proclamation that “Whoever sheds the blood of a human, by a human shall that person’s blood be shed” (Genesis 9:6). The ethics and laws that develop throughout Genesis seek to “prevent the crudest excesses of brutal violence” but are unable to control “the more cautious and refined manifestations of human aggressiveness” (Freud 70). Since they cannot be completely eradicated, the scriptures instead play into the more negative aspects of human nature, especially narcissism, and manipulate them into a force for conservation rather than annihilation.

Human beings are part of the animal kingdom, and therefore part of nature. If that is true, then everything they create or destroy is by default "natural". I agree with the statement.

By the definition, “Humanity,” that amounts to a tautology: humanity is that which makes humans human.” (Festa). The humanity of an individual is reflective of its personality. There are characters who are naturally benevolent; some learn through compassion and while others learn through misery. However, in general some are the opposite of benevolent. For instance, some individuals are indeed inconsiderate, arrogant, and most of

Then, what is the basic nature of human beings? Although people do great things and are good people according to their society, the basic nature of human beings is to be bad and every individual has a little evil within them.

People often wonder "what are humans at their purest form? Are they purely good or purely evil?" In order to find the answer one must look at different kinds of evidence to find the conclusion. Taking the novels "The Absolute Diary of a Part Time Indian," by Sherman Alexie, "Lord of the Flies," by William Golding, and "Night," by Elie Wiesel, they each show how true human nature comes out. And though people think they are made to be perfect, evidence ceases to prove otherwise. Underneath all the signs of good in humans, when forced into to chaotic situations, the evil comes out that is hidden deep within all humans

The question whether man is inherently good or evil has been on the table for many decades and has been answered in several way through religion and even through philosophy. Some argue that all human beings are naturally good but society is what changes their ways into making them evil. Others, however, would argue humans have innate evil that cannot be controlled if taken to certain limits. Although both Huckleberry Finn and Lord of the Flies deal with completely different storylines, both works prove that personal morality always overpowers societal morality. However, human nature is portrayed in a positive way in Huck Finn, while in Lord of the Flies, it can be sometimes seen as innate human evil. This is proven through the examination of

Are humans innately good people or is it only society that forces us to abide by its social norms? Lord of the Flies, by William Goldberg, explores this idea through the story of a group of young boys stranded on an island with no adults, and the series of events that ultimately leads to the murder of two of the boys. Throughout the novel, Goldberg uses symbols to convey the themes of human nature. In Lord of the Flies, Simon represents the innate goodness and wisdom that exists within a few people as an exception to mankind’s nature of savagery and violence.

When I think about human beings, I like to think about John Locke. He makes most sense to me when relating to the general topic of the goodness in human beings. I do believe humans are naturally good; the external force can make them more or less good. I understand humans as self-preserving creatures that make moral and rational choices. We live in an optimistic world. We are born, stay alive and die in large degree because of the environment, and we are generally good and self-destruction isn’t in our nature. We are highly social creatures. Because of this we are intensely interested in what others are doing. We want to know who is good or bad and therefore who we want to avoid and who we can tolerate. We are born with free will. Free will

The author thinks human nature is uncooperative and irrationally destructive. I do not agree with that statement. Human nature essentially good. No one is born evil. Even though there is a lot of evil across the globe, there is more good. For every one bad deed, there are a hundred good deeds. God will put you on the right path.

Human Nature is defined by Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary as "the fundamental dispositions and traits of humans." Throughout the world, however, there are many different groups of people, all with varying personalities and characteristics. One recent article that brought up this issue was What's Really Human? The trouble with student guinea pigs. by Sharon Begley. Begley states that "given the difference in culture between the U.S. and East Asia, no one claims the American way is universal." This suggests that one's environment, not one's nature, shapes one's characteristics and features. This separation of cultures also leads to a different view of good and evil throughout the world; murder is generally bad and charity good, but not everyone may care about murder or think charity necessary. The only way to find human nature may be to look at the time before the first cultures developed. Thomas Hobbes referred to this time as the state of nature, where every man competes for resources, driven on by greed. This greed is considered to be a bad trait by today's society, making human nature apparently evil. I believe that humans are evil in nature and need parameters to be good because of the writings of twentieth century authors, Chinese philosophers between the Qin and Han dynasties, and pre-Enlightenment philosophers.

The concept of human nature is somewhat debated in Confucianism and its followers. In the absence of a personal or supernatural god in this belief system, the question of whether someone is inherently good or evil does not have the same importance as it does otherwise. For example, Christians believe that they are created with sin and must create a certain form of relationship with their god to live a moral life. However, without such a personal god, the focus is more on human behavior than and sort of dogmatic debate. In fact, Confucius hardly ever touches on this issue but noted that "by nature men are similar; by practice men are wide apart" (Confucius, N.d.).

Ever since the creation of mankind, opinions regarding human instinct have continuously changed. From the caveman times where scientific discoveries went undiscovered to the twenty-first century where the human brain is under constant surveillance. Two people, Golding and Gibran, made their views rather clear in their literature. Both men believe that human beings are susceptible to evil; however, William Golding’s Lord of the Flies depicts the idea of “good” through the forces of nature and “evil” through the beast, whereas Kahlil Gibran’s “Good and Evil” describes purity and honesty as traits of a good person; thus, he believes failure to resist temptation corrupts that sense of “good” which most people desperately try to maintain to escape