Do you believe that all people are fundamentally good?
By clorissa123
@clorissa123 (4926)
United States
April 1, 2009 8:13pm CST
I believe that all human beings are fundamentally good in character. Criminal character arisen due to the influence of our society, daily life experience which will affect a personal's personality. Just imagine, when you were a baby, you never got a slightest idea to harm another person, or to steal. You are innocent, pure, and fundamentally good. As you grew up along the stages, you interact with different people, different events, which might affect your life.
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@neolanzer (27)
• Philippines
2 Apr 09
Yes, I do. I believe that everyone is born good. Unfortunately this good can be covered up by our bad experiences which give rise to negative belief systems that influence our actions and rections. What we need to do is strip away these negative belief systems and focus on whats good and true which is in our core.
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
4 Apr 09
Hi clorissa, I like your discussion very much and I agree with you. We are all fundamentally good, and I would even go further and say that no one does anything that at that moment, he/she doesn't think is right. As you say our experiences make us as we are but many people don't see this. It also changes the way we think and that's why what one person calls bad, another may call good. Blessings.
@Margajoe (4747)
• Germany
4 Apr 09
Normally speaking I agree with you.
But recently scientists have found proof that some criminals are really born this way. Seems they have more bad cells in there brain that feed there bad thinking and doings.
Weird is'nt it? I thought so too, but it is true.
Though I still like to treat people as fundamentally good. I still beleive there is a little good in everyone. 
Take care, have a nice day.
Take care, have a nice day.
