Do you think a human is born bad or does society corrupt us?

Right and Wrong are human constructs, not ones found naturally in the world, thus a human cannot be born either, they are just born. However we do tend to be born under two different groups. One group, the vast majority, tend to be born with the innate tendency to promote the promulgation and enhancement of the species. The other tends to care only about themselves (those we call sociopaths). Both types of people have proven beneficial to society in different ways, thus calling either good or bad is not completely accurate. It is more like a person who was born sociocentric disliking one who was born sociopathic, and vice versa.

Now that isn't to say a person cannot adopt a mindset or an ethos that promotes one or the other, and things that are beneficial to that ethos could be called good and things that are detrimental could be called bad. However it is important to keep in mind that they are good or bad only in the context of that ethos. Thus promoting one or the other can only be considered promoting an agenda and should not be taken out of context of that agenda.

Thus, a person cannot be born good or bad, they cannot even be considered good or bad until they have adopted an ethos, and only then can they be judged good or bad depending on how well they adhere to their chosen ethos.

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