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Question: Which statement comes closest to your view
#1
Human nature is essentially good; evil comes about primarily as a result of misunderstandings or attempts to comply with outdated rules or norms.		  
#2
Human nature is for the most part good, but a small minority of individuals prefer evil over good, and need to be punished if they act out.		  
#3
Human nature is neither good nor evil; we all choose for ourselves what kind of person to be.		  
#4
Human nature is essentially evil, so we must limit the power of government lest any one individual becomes too powerful.		  
#5
Human nature is essentially evil, so we must give government as much power as possible to decide what is best and punish wrongdoers.		  
#6
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« on: June 21, 2017, 11:44:49 AM »
I vote option 2.

Certain human behaviors (e.g., helping strangers who cannot reciprocate) can only be explained (it seems to me) by a fundamental genetic goodness in human nature (and that of other animals as well) (or possibly a Jungian collective memory).
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