Essay Archive - Human Nature
Human Nature
Many people have different views on the moral subject of good and
evil. Ashley Montagu argues that "Human nature is good, as such leads to
goodness…being born into the human species means that the individual so
born is capable of becoming whatever it is within that individual to
become." It is the contention of this paper that humans are mostly born
neutral, and if we are raised to be good, we will mature into good. Once
the element of evil is introduced into our minds, through socialization and
the media, we then have the potential to do bad things. Further it is the
writers belief that the good side o....
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