Humans are naturally evil when born. Given a pair newborn twins (I love twins), treat one of the twins better and the other will feel jealous and might cry to generate attention until he is given the same treatment. Fast forward till they are age 3, if you give one of them some toys, the other one will try to grab hold of it too either by force or attracting attention by other means. This is the natural instinct of animals, if one's territory was invaded, it will do whatever it takes to protect it, this is called survival instinct. However in the human world this is often be judged as 'evil' because in our world it's immoral to do certain things. That's why we teach 'moral' in class.
Because we're born evil, therefore one's parents have the responsibility to guide their offspring to the way of the good. Lessons must be taught to change this human nature. Humans are special and live in organized society, we need to learn to control and suppress our lusts and desires from doing things that are morally wrong.
At the end, one chooses his own path to the bright side or... the dark side.
Your claim is that humans are naturally 'evil' when born but all of your examples are of reactions and behaviors that stem from nurture. Even your comment about teaching what is moral is a kind of nurture for socialization.
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that humans are born neutral and that how you nurture them (in addition to their inherited inclinations) plays a big role in how they will turn out.
I think semantics is throwing off your point a bit. Instead of 'evil' maybe 'selfish' is a better word.