Are we humans Good or Evil by nature?

[akosabni]

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we are all good in nature, we sometimes do bad things, that doesn't make us evil

also, some bad habits makes us feel good, like drinking or smoking or just trolling around

what i'm saying is, we are basically good because we like the good feeling, even though some see it as evil

[azzkicker]

Good or Evil by nature?.. hmmmm.. wel para nku TS.. mura both nah cya akong tubag.. mao nay gi ingon nga balance in nature.. bisag unsa pka ka boutan.. im sure naa jud kay gi buhat nga daotan nga ikaw ra makahibaw.. athough bisag unsa pna ka gamay imung sala.. counted nana cya.. cuz tao rman gud tah.. dli tah perfecto

[crimsonking]

Are there really good and evil person or are we both of? It is most likely relative, depending upon the situation. There was even a time when our religious leaders advised to obliterate infidels who do not believe in their gods. Good and evil are within us, only love comes in between…my creed

[noy]

it's a bit of a both...that's the sad truth.The good thing is, the choice is yours...

[doi]

we are capable of both but we were born innocent from knowing what is right from wrong... so we are neither

[RonIvs]

I would say good but bec. we are wounded by original sin, we have what we call as "concupiscence" meaning we always yearn to do the good but end up doing the contrary. And as beings created in the image and likeness of the Creator, we are given freewill. No one wants to be forced to do anything anyway so we struggle and aim at perfection which is the ultimate end.

waaaaaaaa.. ohhhh please spare us the original sin crap. LOL

[SioDenz]

Human beings by nature is good. The basic goodness of human being is not bounded to morality but to its primitive instinctual need which is to survive.

Lets say, a hungry man stole a food. is he bad or good? by the definition above, he is just following his innate nature, then he is still good.

The presumption, sans all the interference, human being will develop his very goodness to its full potential.

How can you say Good or Bad if you are Not bounded by any Guidelines of Morality? If you don't have any universal basis of morality then you cannot say Stealing is Good or Bad - Its Just stealing that's all.

[SioDenz]

The topic is Not clear and is self defeating.
There's No Good or Bad by nature, God created us and Give us TOTAL freedom but he also give us guidelines of absolute Morality for us to follow or Not. So If we accept that there is God and therefore there is an absolute morality as guide then that's the Only time we can say someone is Good or Bad.

[jangska]

both bad and evil in nature.. naa ra jud nas tao unsa iyang pilion ipalabi. pwede kaayo tas duha..

[butong101]

How can you say Good or Bad if you are Not bounded by any Guidelines of Morality? If you don't have any universal basis of morality then you cannot say Stealing is Good or Bad - Its Just stealing that's all.

That example was contextualized with in the bounds of the innate nature of human being which is to survive at all cost. That is why, i have mentioned in the next responses that i have made that the basic goodness i was talking about is in its purest form wherein it is not bounded by morality.

when morality comes in, the discussion becomes more complicated. Won't we all agree that our most primitive need is to survive, as explained by the natural selection process and as explained by the "bible" itself, hence, isn't it just and reasonable to say, that that basic goodness is in purest form when it is not bounded by any norms?