Poll: Are human beings born good or evil?

[The Procrastinated End]

Without any teaching towards the contrary, human beings are born greedy, lustful, and violent.

 

[spartan231490]

Have you ever met a baby or small child?

They're monsters.

Yeah religious discussions aside, no one needs to teach a child to be an ass, that comes naturally. Respect/kindness/patience/virtue/etc., those need to be learned.

Not neccessarily, I have seen very young children be selfish assholes yes, but you also see them having a lot of compassion. every one of us is born with both "good" and "evil" inside us, our choices determine where we go from there.

 

[Soluncreed]

Good and evil are all opinions.

Everyone is born differently and are then further shaped by their surroundings.

 

[Bruin]

Whatever society says you are supposed to be born as or whatever helps your survival more.

There is no "good" or "evil". These are man-made absolutes that don't exist.

 

[AvsJoe]

Required reading for this thread: http://www.cracked.com/article_18404_6-shockingly-evil-things-babies-are-capable-of.html

 

[Syphous]

Have you ever met a baby or small child?

They're monsters.

Yeah religious discussions aside, no one needs to teach a child to be an ass, that comes naturally. Respect/kindness/patience/virtue/etc., those need to be learned.

These fellers are 100% correct.

 

[Simalacrum]

I don't put religion into the factor - I simply believe that all human beings, whatever their race, gender, mental health (except in the most extreme circumstances), etc, can easily grow up to be good or evil, whatever the hell that means - it all depends on how they were brought up, the environment, the parents, the friend's, the mentors, etc.

 

[Betancore]

Required reading for this thread: http://www.cracked.com/article_18404_6-shockingly-evil-things-babies-are-capable-of.html

Used to think babies were born as innocent, blank slates. Now I'm fairly convinced that we were all born evil, and slowly learned of all the things we're supposed to do. Then some of us realised that the stuff we weren't supposed to do was actually a lot more convenient. That, or some of us were just never taught properly.

 

[BleedingPride]

that depends if its god's or satan's stork.

 

[luke10123]

when the person dies depending on the balance of their soul determins if they go to heaven or hell.

think you'll find it's that kinda belief that drives people to the latter

 

[cocoadog]

Depends on the parents.

 

[jawg_t-j]

tabul rasa do you remember that study about the fist seven years of a person life dictates the rest everything before that is ingrained in your memory or somthing whatever it was called I think they made a simpsons episode.

 

[Serenegoose]

I think they're born as humans, and stuff happens that influences the rest. Born good or born evil is too simplistic, and just plain incorrect. If we're all born good, where does evil come from, or vice versa.

 

[Booze Zombie]

then their balance has shifted to the dark side

Seeing as "good" and "evil" are subjective values and that very few entities think of themselves doing "evil", all of this is very arguable.
Anyway, I think people are born thinking they're always right...

 

[Ben Legend]

Why is there no option that some people are naturally born evil and others good?

 

[Dr. Whiggs]

They're born as ducks, but quickly become less than duck.

 

[Claptrap]

Good and evil don't really exist.

It's more like "asshole" and "nice guy".

I don't think there born "good" or "evil", What they learn as morals is from growing up.

If a kid grew up in a nice town where everyone nice, Chances are, Hes gonna be nice.

But then, If a kid grew up in a drug infested shit-hole, Hes probally gonna turn out to be an asshole.