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Is human nature good or is human nature evil?

Man is born good. Everyone's heard that before, but I don't think people are born good or evil.

By Tyuokmmhgf OlmnbvPublished 4 years ago 4 min read

Is cannibalism evil? Since the dawn of man there has been fighting, constant cannibalism, society has developed to the present day. People are people, because there is desire, desire is the power of human progress, but also the most terrible thing of human. There has never been a difference between good and evil, just different positions. Man first hunted animals, eating meat for food and taking their skins to add to their bodies. All in order to survive, in the eyes of animals, people are evil, but in the eyes of humans, this is right, the weather is cold, I will freeze to death without fur, no meat to eat will starve to death. It's a matter of position. To now, abnormal killer, murder and so on emerge in endlessly, the vast majority of people look, the killer is absolute evil. Because people are afraid of it happening to them. That's true, but what about people who are forced to kill? A car accident takes the life of an entire family, leaving a lonely child, and the perpetrator is released after paying money. The child with the family to buy life money to live in the relatives' home, that money has been ruthlessly seized by relatives, when the child has the ability to resist, there is no doubt that he will kill, will be very cruel. Good for evil people, has been slowly eliminated by the society, a good for evil people hate and die, there will be no more such people appear. Survival of the fittest, do not adapt to this cruel world, will be eliminated, eliminated. The others, the ones who kill for revenge, for money, are the ones who can't control their desires, in other words they turn their desires into hatred. There is no reason for real evil. There is no reason. I just wanted to kill you, so I did. Just to see what people look like when they die, they kill people, and enjoy the cries of struggle and the expression of helplessness and despair in their dying days. Such cases have increased in recent years, mostly among young people. They don't think there's anything wrong with destroying a family and killing a few people, which is to say: they don't think they're evil. Out of sympathy for the dead, their relatives and friends, and out of fear of evil befalling them, people call them evil. This question has nothing to do with the law, just about human nature, breaking the law, not necessarily evil, law-abiding, does not represent good. You are born with a blank sheet of paper, and what you put on it is up to others. If a person lives a correct and cheerful life, I think he will not appear evil side. In fact, in the final analysis, it is education, endowing the right three views, when there is a problem, someone timely guidance and correction, so that at least in the heart will leave "good" seeds. But who can guarantee a lifetime of happiness? Who goes out into the world and everything goes well? If there is evil in the big society, there is no way to prevent human nature from becoming evil. Every coin has its opposite. There is good and there is evil. If there is no evil, what can be called good? Good and evil do not depend on people, but on the environment. 8 people agree with the answer that human nature is evil. When you are really in those painful things, you will find that your pain is only known to you. Some people say they know but do not feel the pain at all. Some people make it worse. Those people in prison, they hurt somebody's father and somebody's child, and they hurt them with no kindness. Those who have been hurt, and did not care about the hurt their father whose son, they only hope that those people can be sentenced to death. But they also have elderly parents, hungry children, and they really find life hard. Everyone stands in their own position, seeking the best side for themselves, this is human nature. Maybe some people do not hurt others, maybe some people's kindness is just a simple gesture, I really do not exclude those who risked their lives to save people, but those are really only a minority. That is why there is such a selection of the top ten people who have moved China. In a huge Country of 1.4 billion, only ten people have moved the country. Perhaps this statement is a little extreme, but it is because of lack, so we just cherish. Lack is precisely because of the evil of human nature, evil in the bones, those desires, those feelings, are evil. Evil is that a child can throw hot pot soup in a girl's face, evil is that a child can shut a younger child in an elevator, evil is that a boy arbitrarily lifted a girl's skirt. These evil, are childhood evil, grow up, people's evil disguise, become hypocritical, become self-restraint, become accustomed to a kind of their own. I always support Xunzi's idea that human nature is evil, not Confucius's idea that human nature is good. Evil and good, man. What distinguishes humans from other animals is that we are not just predators and dormant, we are moral and thoughtful, we can control ourselves, we can be good. Human nature is evil, but it does not mean that everyone is evil. Do not think everyone is evil just because of the small evil in front of you. What education and law change is the majority of people, but cannot change, is those small evil, every society has, everyone may have some, occasionally exposed.

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  • Estera Lupu4 years ago

    It would be easier to follow your writing if it was in smaller paragraphs.

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