If you think people are inherently good, then you believe that people just need to get past the things that have been done to them or that they’ve done because of ignorance, then their goodness will shine.
If you think people are inherently bad, then they need to be taught to be good. People learn to be good.
What you believe about innate goodness colors how you treat others.
Do you believe people are inherently good or inherently bad?
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I think humans are inherently good.
We have evolved to have empathy with each other and be co-operative - those are traits that probably aided survival.
A lot of people who commit crimes are not all bad - sometimes they may fall into a life of crime because of what they have witnessed and learned as they grow up - and many former criminals do reform.
I think it’s a minority of people who seem to have brains wired differently from the norm and seem incapable of empathy, whether due to genetic inheritance or the environment they grow up in, or a combination of both.
I do believe people are inherently good but my god i know/knew some absolutely vile people.
I can remember one woman who did not have a good bone in her body and was only happy making peoples live a nightmare and she did not give a damn.
It’s not either-or but both-and because they can be both depending on their socialisation and, to a lesser extent, their natural inclination and genetic predisposition. Hardly anyone is born evil.
Recently on bbc1 The sixth commandment. A shocking true story of evil . Also channel 4 the true police investigation into Ben Field took 2 years to piece together this person’s clever ways to manipulate older people and he was even a trainer vicar . Pure evil .
Can’t answer the above question with a yes or no
When I say Good Morning (in the morning) to folks, I get no response, not sure if the ignorance is Inherent.
Good morning Spitty 
I think people are inherently good…who could look at a baby and think they were born evil…evil is what some people become but I don’t think they are born evil. …hope not anyway.
depends who they have inherited things from??
I don’t agree with the opinion that he came from bad stock mentality …we all have free will…if I were to follow in my ancestors footsteps I wouldn’t be the person I am today.
People are ignorant .
They look at the ground instead of eye contact in order to avoid saying good morning .
your title suggests that perhaps people can inherit goodness or inherit badness? - I see no scientific evidence for this?
You should come live in Yorkshire Muddy…you can’t shut them up.
