Thread: Innately Evil

i said yes. i believe that most people are deep down inherently evil and the only thing that's keeping most people from showing it are the consequences.

I side with H.H. The Dalai Lama--humans are essentially compassionate, but fear and craving twist us out of true. We're fascinated by violence because it's unusual, and perplexing.

I think that humans are innately evil, in the rational sense of the word. We still have animal instincts such as greed, selfishness, and aggressiveness. We can suppress them, but down inside we still have those animal impulses. This is why communism doesn't work, because we are greedy.

i said yes that humans are innately evil. We just are. However i do believe that we can change if we want to. If you decide you want to be good, then i believe that its possible to change yourself all the way through. Even to this "rotten core"

Originally Posted by freefire

i said yes that humans are innately evil. We just are. However i do believe that we can change if we want to. If you decide you want to be good, then i believe that its possible to change yourself all the way through. Even to this "rotten core"

I don't think so. An individual can't evolve.