Human Nature

Human Nature Good or Bad?

The way in which modern societies are governed the innate human nature has to be good otherwise the societies could not properly function and would never be established. Because the nature of humans is good, people are able to do such activities as go to a movie or take their kids to the park without having to worry about someone and shooting them, or stealing their pets. I know that in this period we are going through as a human race, with terrorists blowing up buildings, snipers killing random people out of cold blood, and our nation on the verge of going to war, it is definitely going to be a lot harder for anyone to make a case that people are born to be good. But I still firmly believe that humans are innately good. If they were the situation we are in could be dramatically worse, there would be more killing, more stealing, and the human race would not allow himself or herself to be controlled by anyone. The idea of a government existing to contro...