Human Nature Good Or Evil Essay

Human Nature: good, evil, or neutral. All ideas could be firmly argued, but I think the essence of humanity is at its core evil. “Surely there is not a righteous man on Earth who does good and never sins” – Ecclesiastes 7:20. This verse from the Bible merely states that every being on this Earth sins; it is our nature. In my opinion, sinning is what makes us human. Hsun Tzu believed that rules and regulations were necessary to keep humans in check, and I absolutely agree. Think about it, without rules, everything would be totally chaotic. Although I think human nature is inherently evil, I don’t fully disagree with the other philosophers. There is some good in humanity. I personally believe that the concepts of good and bad are co-requisite (meaning there cannot be one without the other). Hzun Tzu’s belief is that Human’s nature is inherently evil and required rites to keep them in check. If we did not have rules, the world would be a scary place to be in. Without rules, us as human beings would allow the inherently evilness to consume us. Rules are ideally put in place to restrict certain behaviors like: theft, robbery, homicide, fraud, etc. However, rules certainly do not stop these acts from occurring. When the acts are committed, there are consequences that will be dealt with, whether its jail, prison, probation or the
The nature of man is such that he is born with a fondness for profit” This quote is directly from Hsun Tzu’s writing “Man’s Nature is Evil”. The first sentence basically declares that because of man’s nature being evil, all of the goodness that he does comes from his conscious activity (meaning he would have to think about it, or remember something that was taught to him.) The second sentence says that he is born with the desire to do things that is beneficial to him. It later on explains that if he continues to give in to this desire, his sense of courtesy will