Are people GOOD IN NATURE or Bad???

[Guppy35]

You guys are working to hard at this.  The curse or blessing of free will is the ability to choose how you react.  It sucks cause it's so much more convenient to find reasons for being lousy to people around you.  Recognizing right and wrong just isn't that hard when it comes to dealing with the rest of the world.  Of course being responsible for how you act is much more boring, and doesn't make for good headlines, or profit for that matter.

And since we still exist, I'd suggest the majority of people are good, wanting to raise their families, live their lives and enjoy themselves.  The 'bad' show up now and then forcing the 'good' to deal with them.

Kinda like your typical LW arena each night

[Curval]

There are some very good people in this world.  The last guy posting here (Guppy) is one of 'em. 

I respectfully submit that the trouble is that for every one of them there appears to be hundreds of not so good. 

[Nwbie]

My Mom was best at teaching us these rules of behavior...

" If you don't have anything nice to say to your sister, then don't say it..... or I'll crack you a good one"

"Did you just hit your brother? How about I whack you with this rolled up magazine and see if you like it... does that sound fair?"

"We all take our fair portion of the steak, don't be a pig about it....or I will stick this fork in your elbow"

"I am the boss!!  Go get the belt and I will teach you about being a nice person without that smart mouth of yours ...if I have to beat the living daylights out of you, you will learn!!"

"We will march right up to Jim's Grocery and tell him that you stole that pack of cherry koolaid. Don't tell me you didn't, or I'll crack you one!! That tongue of yours is so red, that I will have to make your donut bleed for 2 days to get that red... Gosh durn it ( different words I am sure you all know) I think I'll tell him to call the police to see if they need to arrest you..I won't have a thief living under my roof!!! "  ( i was five i think ...lol )

I think it depends on how you were raised, be a good example to your children, and most people will be good.
Everyone makes mistakes, but it all depends if you live with a conscience and not live performing the science of the con.

NwBie

 

[Penguin]

Fair enough...

But I think the reporters and their editorial directors who are in turn dictated to by their management "choose" to report the bad crap because it sells more copy...

Greed...self interest...Bad ?

You are correct sir, media today is in more of a "sensational" form than it was before.  Even then, tales of murder would attract more attention than the birth of a beautiful baby.  It is our very nature to react more strongly to negative things, and to exploit that nature is almost too easy.

It's not being evil, it's just that these people have to frighten people make money to put bread on the table.  Really far back, we had to kill what we ate with our bare hands; now tell me which sounds worse.

Good job oneway, you get a cookie*

-Penguin

*Quote from Skuzzy

[Penguin]

lol  

Okay, forget what I said about newspapers.  Read any history book.

Again, same thing, which is more interesting:

A.) Reading an awesome piece about the battle of hastings

B.) Reading an awesome piece about the post-battle feast

-Penguin

[A8TOOL]

This Video touches on many truths and adds to what has already been said by many.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWzj78fSm-4&feature=related

[CAP1]

Are people in general .....  GOOD IN NATURE or Bad 

in general, people are good.

in general people will remember bad things more clearly, than good things.

[DEECONX]

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What do you mean "You People"?

 

[Penguin]

in general, people are good.

in general people will remember bad things more clearly, than good things.

Yep, because if you'd have a choice between:

a.) There's an apple tree five miles from here
or
b.) There are crocodiles in the river by my house

Which would be more important, evolutionarily?  B, since apples don't eat people, and there are other sources of food out there.  On the other hand, a crocodile might come out of the river and eat you, and since it's right by your house, you have to carry a weapon.

-Penguin

[FYB]

I'm good.












No, really, I am.













What will it TAKE with you people??

Bacon flavored soda...
 

[redman555]

 


-BigBOBCH

[Mar]

Like my avatar? Amazing what one person can do.

It's up to you, and no one else. That's all that can be said here.



Oh by the way, my 'supplier' managed to grab a shipment of that youknowwhatkindofsoda. If you look under the old mill next to the new tree, you'll find a gift.

[Tac]

Take 2 newborns, raise them in the same enviroment, same stimulus same everything....



one will be the Don the other the Beatch.


'tis nature. Its not being 'bad' its being dominant. Its a survival trait. All creatures have it, even trees and plankton.

[grizz441]

Good people don't come from bad families.

[Sonicblu]

What do you mean good or bad in nature?

By who's or what standard?

It can only be totaled at the end of a life and would presuppose a supernatural entity capable of such a feat, and reason for doing so.

If it was left for just humans to decide and we just die then it doesn't matter.

This is something that is filtered through a persons world view.

Because of some of the hidden claims in the question it results in a logical fallacy.   It presupposes a supernatural enity to be able to make the judgement based on absolutes. Most answers that are "good" will be based on some kind of evolutionary world view.  Most "bad" answers will be based on some kind of  ID or supernatural entity world view.
It's called a meta question. The answers have nothing to do with good or bad. It only will show what filter or world view a person uses.