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Thread: Do you think humans are inherently good or bad?

post 1639874473 05-31-2021, 11:38 PM
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Do you think humans are inherently good or bad?

And why? Curious.
post 1639874683 05-31-2021, 11:45 PM
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Maybe cos if you feel happy you want others to feel happy too, no? The only time normal people want harm to others is when they are themselves miserable, so I would say yes we are inherently good.
post 1639874703 05-31-2021, 11:47 PM
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post 1639874743 05-31-2021, 11:48 PM
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Inherently retarded with few exceptions
post 1639874943 05-31-2021, 11:53 PM
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I guess I'd err towards bad?

I think people are mostly selfish, which I'd say rounds off to bad, but I think cooperative behavior is often the best decision for an individual, so people often help others (i.e. act good) despite their true imperatives.
post 1639875053 05-31-2021, 11:58 PM
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Neutral. Most people linger in the middle of the spectrum, some are bad, and some are good. An equal distribution like in everything in life.

If majority of people were good, you wouldn’t have people dying from hunger or lack of shelter, you simply wouldn’t. In fact the entire world would be extremely different.
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post 1639875063 05-31-2021, 11:59 PM
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The obvious answer is neither.
post 1639875093 05-31-2021, 11:59 PM
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How do you define good and bad?
post 1639875153 06-01-2021, 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted By bigdownunder⏩
How do you define good and bad?
Good will
post 1639875183 06-01-2021, 12:02 AM
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We're capable of being good toward those who we somewhat give two chits bout.

Otherwise, most of us really don't care even when something terrible happens to others (for the most part).
post 1639875293 06-01-2021, 12:05 AM
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Humans are neither inherently good nor bad. Good or bad in itself is a man-made construct, to attempt to describe morality.

Humans are self absorbed consumers. They would ruin numerous families for the sake of their own family. As well as other species and environment.
post 1639875383 06-01-2021, 12:08 AM
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They are neither.

They can chose which side, the animalistic one which makes us slaves to our instincts (Lust, addiction, Yolo) or we chose the side of God, love, empathy and just all round awesomeness. I know atheist will disagree and thats fine but there is a huge difference between animals and humans.

Animals still haven't created something as beautiful as the Sagrada Familia or music like Beethoven or Mozart.

Don't let the cultural Marxists fool you, Humans are sacred, it up to us which path we chose. We are created in Gods image and while will never be perfect we have the ability to do amazing things. It is God that gives us our humanity which is why Marxists are so intent on destroying God.
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Originally Posted By Cass40⏩
Good will
So intent, not actions?
post 1639875533 06-01-2021, 12:14 AM
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Originally Posted By bigdownunder⏩
So intent, not actions?
Yeah because if you accidentally end up benefiting when your friend was trying to hurt you, you can't really say the friend is good.

Or if someone tries to save a kid from a burning building but accidentally ends up killing the kid, he's not really a bad person.
post 1639875663 06-01-2021, 12:18 AM
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Humans just use others for their own entertainment. Good or bad? No real such thing
post 1639875703 06-01-2021, 12:20 AM
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universal good and bad doesn't exist

good/bad for humans then? most people are good towards those they like and evil towards they don't
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post 1639875933 06-01-2021, 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted By bigdownunder⏩
So intent, not actions?
I'd say intent. I tend to see the glass half full and believe that if we all had the resources to be a good person, then the choice is easy - nature vs nuture comes into play too though. I've been watching a lot of crime documentaries and the news a little too often lately, hence this thread. If there are truly evil people in this world, I wonder if there's some sort of chemical imbalance in their brain? Human behavior is just so interesting.

PS - pls don't bring my occupation into this, like you always do for some reason lol
post 1639876503 06-01-2021, 12:44 AM
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I don’t think you can completely separate intent from outcomes. How often do you hear some variant of “I was just trying to help” or “he/she meant well” when someone does something that has a clearly negative impact on others?

I think we are inherently self-interested, and just fortunate that actions that benefit others typically also benefit ourselves (even if it just makes us feel good).
post 1639876513 06-01-2021, 12:44 AM
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neutral my ass lol , most people are bad that's why they are sent here
post 1639876723 06-01-2021, 12:49 AM
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Self-serving, egotistical and stupid
post 1639876903 06-01-2021, 12:54 AM
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post 1639876963 06-01-2021, 12:56 AM
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This question can never be answered as everyone's personal experience would cloud the answer. Surveying also would not properly describe the nature of humans.

At any rate, we have not gone extinct yet which leads me to believe there is more "good" than "evil" in this world.
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Humans are trash the ants were right
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Did Heath Ledger’s Joker not teach you guys anything? Humans are only as good as society’s circumstances allow them to be.

Everyone likes to think if they lived in 1930’s-40’s Germany they’d be the ones to free some of the Jews and stand up against Hitler. When in reality the statistical likelihood that you’d do that is almost zero. You’d keep your mouth shut to keep you and your family alive.

Think about the atrocious acts you’d commit against your own neighbors if society had a financial collapse and there was a food shortage and you had to murder your friends so your family doesn’t starve to death. A lot of people have no idea of the evil they are capable of if sh!t really hits the fan. The things you will do to survive are almost unthinkable.
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People are selfish and are driven to pursue pleasure, which ever way possible.

Only the most advanced beings are not selfish like this.
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Imagine believing good and evil make sense outside of the human psyche.
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human beings are like most higher animals essentially tribal , starting from their own immediate family --> wider family---Social Groups--->larger scale ethnically

when chit hits the fan self and immediate family take priority over all
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