John Locke said people were born good. Thomas Hobbes was against that idea and said that people were born evil. They were not always disagreeing. They both agree on the idea of a Social Contract. ill add more info later...maybe.
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Life is short and the art long, the occasion instant, experiment perilous, decision difficult.
Someone is born pure, the factors around them help to decide if a person can be considered evil or good. Such as environment, family, friends and morals. Then the initial decision is finally made by the individual themselves
Kids are born evil...they can be horrible, selfish, jealous etc. Its not their fault, they just don't know any better.
Grown ups can still feel these things, they know its wrong. But alas grown ups lose the innocence that kids have and become cynical and lose faith in mankind.
i don't think we can really say what a person is born with.
babies are born with a whole set of instincts that is designed to get them through the early yrs, like crying for what you want, and being jealous and selfish and spoiled is actually a way for them to get the attention and whatever things that will increase their chance of survival. and being an only child or being born into a crowd of siblings could really influence your bahaviour from childhood onward. i saw a documentary that studies these beahviour.
and now there is studies that might prove that there are genes for violence or anger or criminal behaviour, so it's like we could be evil because we have inherit these genes.
but whatever we are born with, i think nurture plays a more important role in our development. nature could only do so much, but the enviroment that you are born into, and the things that you experienced, will really mold you into who you will become.
__________________ i don't mean to sound distasteful but when did you start crapping money?
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