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Are most people by nature more often good or bad?

lil crazy 2012/09/25 07:18:41
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  • Mike 2012/09/26 22:02:02
    Good
    Mike
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    the hard part is teaching them what is real and not real
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  • Culgan 2012/09/26 19:22:30
    about 50/50
    Culgan
    +1
    Some people are good, some people are going to be bad no matter what. There's no changing it.
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  • Butch 2012/09/26 08:46:11 (edited)
    Good
    Butch
    +1
    I'm kind of sorry to see that the "50/50" option beat the "good" option. All I can say is that I Hope most people are, by nature, good. Evil is a purely human conception, and one the world would be better off without.
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  • Kozmo 2012/09/26 06:17:20
    about 50/50
    Kozmo
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    "People are only as happy as they make their minds up to be" - Abraham Lincoln

    "The reason why there are so many opinions is that nobody knows the Truth"
    - Joan Konner

    "If you believe that there is a God, a god that made your body and yet you think that you can do anything with that body that's dirty, then the fault lies with the manufacturer"
    - Lenny Bruce
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  • ✞Knight of Honor 2012/09/26 02:21:06
    Bad
    ✞Knight of Honor
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    Few people choose to do the right thing anymore.
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  • Sapphire 2012/09/26 00:29:48
    about 50/50
    Sapphire
    +2
    I meant to say Good. People are good but they just deny themselves.
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  • Kozmo Sapphire 2012/09/26 06:23:34
    Kozmo
    "We do not realize certain faults and weaknesses that are present in ourselves, but we ascribe to the other person, in whom they may or may not be present. … We ascribe to them, all the evil and inferior qualities that we do not like in ourselves. … That is why we have to criticize and attack them" - Carl G. Jung
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  • Sapphire Kozmo 2012/09/27 02:33:36
    Sapphire
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    I am aware of that but sometimes our conscience tells us not to do certain things but we deny it anyways.
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  • Kozmo Sapphire 2012/09/27 04:27:43
    Kozmo
    Check out the Milgram or Stanford Prison Experiments or the seventh wave involving school children.
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  • Sapphire Kozmo 2012/09/27 04:43:23
    Sapphire
    +1
    ok
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  • DracoMalfoy<3 <3 <3 <3 2012/09/25 20:16:56
    about 50/50
    DracoMalfoy<3 <3 <3 <3
    +1
    i think it just depends on how the childhood is there/was
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  • Bocephus 2012/09/25 20:14:42
    about 50/50
    Bocephus
    +1
    Nature and nuture.
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  • -Kezzi Evanescence- 2012/09/25 20:03:19
    about 50/50
    -Kezzi Evanescence-
    +1
    IDK
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  • sockpuppet 2012/09/25 19:56:46
    Good
    sockpuppet
    +1
    Depends on what you mean by "good" and "bad" of course, but you can pretty well see how they are on the internet. Most people tend to treat others as they'd want to be treated. Some people are absolute jerks, and some go way out of their way to be cool... but most are pretty decent.
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  • Kozmo sockpuppet 2012/09/27 04:28:50
    Kozmo
    +1
    "People are only as happy as they make their minds up to be" - Abraham Lincoln
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  • sockpuppet Kozmo 2012/09/27 04:46:00
    sockpuppet
    +1
    That's very true!
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  • Kozmo sockpuppet 2012/09/27 05:06:56
    Kozmo
    +1
    And look what happened to Abe? He didn't have a good day then.
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  • sockpuppet Kozmo 2012/09/27 05:19:37
    sockpuppet
    +1
    No... I guess all it takes is one terrible day like that to bung it all up for good. :O(
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  • Missile 2012/09/25 19:27:02
    Good
    Missile
    +2
    I believe there are more good people than bad, otherwise it would already be anarchy here and now.
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  • Donnie 2012/09/25 19:16:58
    Good
    Donnie
    +1
    due to things like mirror neurons and such i think people have more of a tendency to be "good" more than "bad".
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  • Cunning Stunts 2012/09/25 13:37:12
    about 50/50
    Cunning Stunts
    +1
    We are human, a primal beast that has evolved faster socially than our biology has had time to catch up with.
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  • Bingo's Faddah 2012/09/25 13:24:59
    Good
    Bingo's Faddah
    +1
    Or there wouldn't be any people at all. The good ones are scattered over the planet and do not make up any particular group. Same with the bad; they're everywhere!
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  • David 2012/09/25 13:15:04
    Good
    David
    +1
    Our society would collapse if the majority of the people were more often bad!
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  • .: LiVi :. 2012/09/25 11:56:08
    Good
    .: LiVi :.
    +2
    I think overall in general, we are all programmed to be good. But we all have the potential to be both, and are all a mix of both
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  • The Laughing man 2012/09/25 09:31:32 (edited)
    about 50/50
    The Laughing man
    +1
    people are people, good and bad mean different things to different people. just remember that moral actions are not so easily defined and are fluid in structure. what constitutes bad for one person is likely to be good for another and to draw a line between the two is not a good idea when understanding others.
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  • Man_Bear_Pig 2012/09/25 08:41:13
    Good
    Man_Bear_Pig
    +1
    That all depends on your definition of morality. And your perspective on life in general.
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  • Kirk Torsten 2012/09/25 07:48:48
    Good
    Kirk Torsten
    +1
    When people allow themselves to be manipulated by the "world", they become susceptible to the evil within.
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  • Rust 2012/09/25 07:31:43
  • Tee Quake 2012/09/25 07:21:14
    Good
    Tee Quake
    +1
    I have to keep believing good, even when so much evidence seems to stack-up against it.
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