The Good People Are Inherently Good In Humanity

Whether humans are inherently good or evil has been a long-standing debate since the time of Plato. Although there is no one true answer as every person has a different view on this issue, I believe that humans are neither good or evil but are shaped by their environment and the circumstances they have been through. Each human, when born, is like a blank slate that has not been written on, completely untouched by the outside world. As a person faces various circumstances throughout his or her life the person changes and becomes either good or evil. A prime example of this is the difference in the actions of the boys in Lord of the Flies by William Golding and The Coral Island by R. M. Ballantyne. In the Lord of the Flies the harsh conditions

1. Formation of humanistic-altruistic system of values, becomes: "Practice of loving-kindness and equanimity within context of caring consciousness" (p. 468).

Since the beginning of time there has been confusion about every aspect of life and with confusion comes a number of questions we cannot completely answer or forget. How did we transform from one creature to another? Why are people so violent? Are we inherently good or evil? These are questions that have been asked for centuries, and have taken ever longer to possibly answer. It might be numerous decades from now before they finally answer these questions but, nevertheless many people are trying by using evidence, theories, faith, and science to answer these questions as accurately as possible. Mainly the question about whether we are innately innocent or not. Most people, say humans are inherently evil, that there is evil in all of us. That could be the reason why kids enjoy watching ants succumb when they burn them with reflected rays of sunlight. However, many believe that we are born good with a clean slate and that it is society of whom changes that. I believe that we are born sinful/evil and that society influence us to be good. The facts have proven humans to be innately evil through genetics, control, and mistreatment.

“Developing in students the desire for the good is the ideal in character development. In this way, students come to a place in which they choose to pursue morally good behaviors, rather than the alternative, as a matter of

Are we inherently good or evil? William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies suggests that we as humans have the potential to become good or evil. William Golding’s novel suggest that society shapes the way us as humans act, and when the children were taken away from humanity, the actions of the boys reflect how us as humans would act if we were taken away from society. Throughout the novel there are many times where the boys become savage and allow the beast that is inside of them to take over, for example in chapter nine the boys are having a gathering on the beach and then they get taken away by the excitement and mistake Simon as being the beast, this leads the boys to clawing him into pieces and eventually killing him. At this point the

The idea of striving for goodness has always been something that has been instilled in our minds since birth. We were always taught to the do the right thing. But why? What are the benefits of being a good person versus being bad? This is question that Colin Mcginn tackles in his article, “Why Not Be a Bad Person?” In it, he explains why he think virtue is the more intriguing moral standard, and explores why some people may disagree with him.

Thanks Alicia, I appreciate your thoughtful and informative response to my post. I'm sorry if you found the term “mid level provider” offensive. I honestly, hadn't viewed the term as derogatory until you shed light on the origin and true meaning. I also, believe most people are inherently good, however as you stated there are those few that discredit this notion. Yes, I have dealt with situations in my nursing career that made me question another individual’s integrity. I have no issue confronting another provider or peer if I discovered unsafe or unethical practices within the

What is thought of as immoral to one person can be seen as ethical to another, and vice versa. This is due to the difference in the way humans perceive things, which is part of the intricacy of mankind. "During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man." (Hobbes) Hobbes states that Humans are naturally evil and need a powerful government to control them. Is it true? Rousseau thinks otherwise. "In reasoning on the principles he (Thomas Hobbes) lays down, he ought to have said that the state of nature, being that in which the care for our own preservation is the least prejudicial to that of others, was consequently the best

Someone who is culturally sensitive and benevolent would likely be seen as good by Mencius, but Han Feizi would not accept these qualities as adequate grounds to deem this person “good”. Similarly, Han Feizi would call a ruler who kept his state ordered and fortified good, while Mencius would be unconvinced until he had assessed the ruler’s moral character. When one sees that Mencius and Han Feizi use two different systems to measure an individual’s goodness, one cannot expect their assessments of mankind’s natural tendency to be in agreement. Mencius believes that humans are innately good because humans are naturally able to cultivate themselves toward benevolence and righteousness through ritual. Han Feizi feels a system of rewards and punishments was necessary to push mankind toward goodness because humans are naturally more concerned for their own well-being and for the well-being of those close to them than for that of some ruler or state.

It is difficult and complicated to define a good and a bad person. We all have different opinions on what is the right thing to do and what is the wrong thing to do. People have their own set of personal unwritten rules – also called ethic – which they live by. However sometimes the person himself does not know what he thinks is ethical right or wrong because he has never have to deal with the situation before. In the short story ”Good People” which is written by David Foster Wallace, we get to see what goes through a boys mind when he has an ethical dilemma.

“Born To Be Good” by Dachner Keltner presents an idea known as Jen science, which is described as a “Darwinian lens onto a new science of positive emotion” (Keltner1). At its core Jen is the idea that when people act cooperatively, or give to others reward centers in our brain go off. Keltner suggests that “Jen science” proves that humans are wired to act and to be good. Keltner uses appeals to emotion and logic through audience relatable examples, scientific facts, and valid research to display why humans are inherently good and wired to act as such through “Jen”.

People are inherently good by nature. One point that supports this that everyone has the potential to be just as good as anyone else. In a study using babies conducted at Yale University, it was found that after watching a short play demonstrating a helping shape and a hindering shape the children preferred the helping shape. This shows that all human prefer to be good and help even at a very young age. The second supporting point is that humans can feel guilt. By definition the feeling of guilt is as follows, a feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, crime, wrong, etc., whether real or imagined. Guilt is important when proving that human nature is good because it shows that a person knows what they did was wrong leading us to

This question has been repeatedly asked throughout humanity, and can be answered many different ways.In my opinion, Humans are born neutral.We’d like to think that children are born innocent and virtuous but, that's simply not true.We think that if we protect them from the dangers of the world then they’ll live a happy and carefree life but, that's also untrue.I believe that children are born with a particular type of temperament system that changes from person to person.This system filters out our emotions towards whats going on around us.

While they are not necessarily evil – nor are they necessarily good – I believe humans are inherently conceited in a way that makes them lean more towards doing evil than good. This manifests itself as a fundamental need to exercise control over others and to raise one’s own status. Classically evil people express this need as a desire to be the most powerful, wealthy, and venerated person on Earth, controlling large groups of followers and having them bend to his or her will. Meanwhile, even people deemed the most selfless in charity and in love have an underlying selfish motivation to their actions. Firstly, I have noted that individuals whom are almost universally recognized as the most evil people in politics – totalitarian dictators like Hitler and Ghaddafi –

Human nature, the essence of what makes a human person what they are, is something that everybody has. Every person is innately a person, but how they put their personhood into action is the biggest indicator of their character, or the projection of a person’s human nature. At their core there is human nature, but their actions are what direct this source of humanity. The quality of someone’s actions is shaped by their environment and sometimes their biological makeup as well. Human nature does not have good or evil characteristics. It is how a person thinks and acts that is the true factor in the shaping of their character.