General Are people naturally good or bad?

[eLdavis]

Based on several experiences i have had with people, i feel being bad comes easy for most people, why to be good, one has to put in some extra effort. Do you think people are naturally good or bad?

 

[mernuel]

In my opinion, some people are born good and others are born bad, so it depends 100% on the person, the type of person they choose to be, and the decisions they make.

 

[Shawn]

I think there is good in everyone.

But people can be manipulated and brainwashed to be bad.

Free will.

 

[You]

I think people are naturally somewhere in the middle. Most of us have capacity for both good and bad depending on circumstances, upbringing and choices we make. I don't believe people are inherently evil. Environment, culture and how we're raised shape us a lot.

 

[Henrywrites]

I think there is good in everyone.

But people can be manipulated and brainwashed to be bad.

Free will.

That's just it.

Some are quite good and always happy, but there are others who can be bad and behave in certain ways. It is just what I call nurturing.

It can turn someone from being a good person to a very bad person.

 

[Shawn]

That's just it.

Some are quite good and always happy, but there are others who can be bad and behave in certain ways. It is just what I call nurturing.

It can turn someone from being a good person to a very bad person.

I agree.

Sadly, people are easy to turn for the most part.

Unless they look at everything in a psychological way like how I do.