Semi-cheesy question Are most people inherently good?

NJSue
Fri, 01 Apr 2016 17:04:39 +0000

“Good laws derive from evil habits,” @eyemamom!

This is really an old philosophical argument. I also believe in the fallen nature of humanity. That’s not to say that I don’t think people are capable of heroic self-sacrifice and great good. But they don’t come naturally.

On a non-religious note, Freud argued that repression (laws, internalized behavior mores) is the price of civilization.