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Subject: "there's a lot of good in the history books too"
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Government Name
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Thu Aug-13-15 11:38 AM
26. "there's a lot of good in the history books too"
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Are humans, by nature, "good" or "bad"?
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Thu Aug-13-15 10:42 AM
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Good
Big Kuntry
Aug 13th 2015
1
good and bad are constructs built on morality
tomjohn29
Aug 13th 2015
2
No.
Buddy_Gilapagos
Aug 13th 2015
4
from whose perspective though?
SoWhat
Aug 13th 2015
7
Whoever is answering the question. It's a subjective question which can
Buddy_Gilapagos
Aug 13th 2015
12
i'm not sure i agree.
SoWhat
Aug 13th 2015
14
RE: i'm not sure i agree.
Buddy_Gilapagos
Aug 13th 2015
18
RE: i'm not sure i agree.
SoWhat
Aug 13th 2015
20
morality is decided by a society of people not nature
tomjohn29
Aug 13th 2015
9
yes morality is a social construct and subjective.
Buddy_Gilapagos
Aug 13th 2015
21
I think the answer is self-ish.
Buddy_Gilapagos
Aug 13th 2015
3
Didn't they do experiments with babies/kids on this subject?
PimpTrickGangstaClik
Aug 13th 2015
8
the desert island scenario could assume a lot of things tho. based on
Government Name
Aug 13th 2015
16
A and C. You will feed them as much as you think you have to spare.
Buddy_Gilapagos
Aug 13th 2015
38
yellow
ambient1
Aug 13th 2015
5
'good' and 'bad' are subjective/relative.
SoWhat
Aug 13th 2015
6
for the sake of this exercise it's fine to apply your own standards
Government Name
Aug 13th 2015
11
neutral.
SoWhat
Aug 13th 2015
13
interesting. discussing this with someone else, they mentioned that
Government Name
Aug 13th 2015
17
bad.
BrooklynWHAT
Aug 13th 2015
10
there are levels of both good and bad in human nature...
mikediggz
Aug 13th 2015
15
RE: Are humans, by nature, "good" or "bad"?
ILLwiLL132
Aug 13th 2015
19
Have you seen the news or history books lately?
Atillah Moor
Aug 13th 2015
22
wrong spot.
Somnus
Aug 13th 2015
45
All of human history is Malcom's quote
Atillah Moor
Aug 13th 2015
55
Babies are good by nature. Puberty n all that seems to change that
-DJ R-Tistic-
Aug 13th 2015
23
why do you say they're 'good by nature'?
SoWhat
Aug 13th 2015
24
a full baby will snatch food from a hungry baby just cause they can lol
Government Name
Aug 13th 2015
27
Lol is that necessarily bad though?
Big Kuntry
Aug 13th 2015
32
It's really hard to say, it's half nature, half how their parents train ...
-DJ R-Tistic-
Aug 13th 2015
67
yeah right lol
rdhull
Aug 13th 2015
29
Naw they are more obedient. You can train them to share as children.
Buddy_Gilapagos
Aug 13th 2015
30
you can train them but it doesn't mean they'll do it, lol
GirlChild
Aug 13th 2015
47
humans by nature are empathetic and tend toward self-preservation
EMATI
Aug 13th 2015
25
RE: humans by nature are empathetic and tend toward self-preservation
Government Name
Aug 13th 2015
28
self preservation usually means preserving yourself...
StephBMore
Aug 13th 2015
50
i do think that at times they are at odds with each other
EMATI
Aug 13th 2015
56
and although i choose to believe "good" -- i really voted green
EMATI
Aug 13th 2015
57
Bad
rdhull
Aug 13th 2015
31
could you ask the same thing of say a Bonobo or a bird or a a tiger?
double negative
Aug 13th 2015
33
we all know cats (of all kinds) are naturally evil
Government Name
Aug 13th 2015
34
can't believe i'm the only green vote.
IkeMoses
Aug 13th 2015
35
Green
Hitokiri
Aug 13th 2015
36
turrible.
Cenario
Aug 13th 2015
37
soooo according to this post the overall consensus is that--
Somnus
Aug 13th 2015
39
the ppl engaged in those activities don't see them as evil.
SoWhat
Aug 13th 2015
40
Yeah but question is whether those are natural products of human
Buddy_Gilapagos
Aug 13th 2015
43
#15 we are a blend of good and evil...but free will gives us the choice
mikediggz
Aug 13th 2015
44
yes and what I'm saying is that the pendulum more often that not--
Somnus
Aug 13th 2015
46
indeed we do.
mikediggz
Aug 13th 2015
48
oh really?
SoWhat
Aug 13th 2015
53
RE: oh really?
Somnus
Aug 13th 2015
58
on a large scale?
SoWhat
Aug 13th 2015
61
RE: on a large scale? YES.
Somnus
Aug 13th 2015
62
*shrugs*
SoWhat
Aug 13th 2015
64
*stands still w/ mouth agape*
Somnus
Aug 13th 2015
69
*shrugs*
SoWhat
Aug 13th 2015
70
Some of us ain't all human.
Musa
Aug 13th 2015
41
Some of us ain't all homo-sapien, but we're all human
Atillah Moor
Aug 13th 2015
59
Well if you getting super technical you got homo sapien sapien
Musa
Aug 13th 2015
68
Are they finding Cro Mag DNA in people though?
Atillah Moor
Aug 14th 2015
73
I vote yellow
atruhead
Aug 13th 2015
42
Selfish.
Monkey Genius
Aug 13th 2015
49
Green...
StephBMore
Aug 13th 2015
51
Alignment: CN
PG
Aug 13th 2015
52
elijah muhammad said that the whiteman was the devil
thegodcam
Aug 13th 2015
54
elijah muhammad....LOL
rdhull
Aug 13th 2015
63
He was right.
Musa
Aug 14th 2015
72
most people are just looking out for themselves
J_Stew
Aug 13th 2015
60
selfish as fuck, with good moments. so yeah, bad.
now or never
Aug 13th 2015
65
good and bad don't exist.
Kwesi
Aug 13th 2015
66
care to expound?
mikediggz
Aug 14th 2015
71
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