Do you think that most people are basically good or basically bad?

When I meet a person I always give them the benefit of the doubt. I usually assume they are nice until they do or say something to hurt me personally. I am pretty open and do not dislike anybody for speaking their mind either. Sometimes, a person can come off as 'mean' because they say how they feel, whether it is brutal or not. I do not get this impression because I see it as them just being truthful. Doesn't everybody want the truth, anyway?

I think that I like to give everyone a chance in life. I also have come to my own undersatnding that there are gonna be people that I do not like. I try my best but I am sure that there are people that do not care for me and to me that is okay. I can still be respectful without being their friends. But in the end to me friends come and go and so do people in my life and this is how I view it, take care and happy mylotting to you.

people are definitely by nature is good, they become bad through our perception because we have been hypnotized by what we have been taught by our peers on the basis of our culture and religions. deviants given a chance they would shine out their best. have you smiling to a stranger and to find out that they smile back at you? have you tried doing a good deed and it has been received well? now, try to be sour to your co employees or friends and see what happens. it is all up to our perception.

In my opinion, people are neither constantly. I, being a person, am occasionally abusive in the ways I can strain a relationship, but I can also be a confidant, a source of humor, and a healer. Everyone is complicated, and almost no one is exactly like me. I expect people are basically complicated. And these are the terms of acceptance too. I acknowledge, on each first encounter, that people are going to have massive bumps that can't be ironed out. It would be an injustice to even try, unless they were actually affecting me. That way, if someone is initially hostile to me, which is always a possibility, I can look for a different way of approaching them without being too surprised. The downside is, like a certain Kristen did, if someone I have come to respect and expect a particular behavior pattern from deviates immensely from this in a short time, I feel conflicted. I also have trouble handling the interactions between other people to each other. I might have a friend who hates another friend of mine, and tells me so. Am I supposed to view friend 1 as the aggressor and friend 2 as a victim or should I just maintain neutrality? Does it make me suspect when I don't say anything in response, that I might be taking sides? To me, this sounds realistic. To others, it might just be wishy-washy, but I can't easily say that everyone is basically good when some people might be hiding nasty things from me to hurt me with later on.

I think basically good until proven otherwise. But then again I have no trust until I know the person better.

well, when i meet people i try to be good to them. i try to communicate effetively and i try not to be arrogant or show attitude. in return i expect the same from the others. on meeting people i also try to be charming so that the atmosphere is pleasent. even a jerk would behave decently if you are decent with him and if your style of presentation says that you wish to be in decent company.

There are different kinds of people around the world, different traits, attitudes..you'll really never know exactly what kind of people you will meet one day. But no matter how bad or good people was, you should learn how to deal with them, you have to be very observant and flexible in order for you to deal with them properly. For me, all people are good, there's no such thing as really bad people. No matter how bad the person based on what other's see him, i believe there something inside him that is really good and he's not that bad.