The True Nature Of Mankind

CGY · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:53 pm Post subject:

So, one's good maybe another's bad... well, that makes sense, and it's more close to the truth.

kaykay · Shogun Joined: Jul 22, 2005 Posts: 2622 Location: Cali

lol this ques. totally reminds me of psychology.

there's these two approaches> humanistic approach: which views everyone as inherritly good..and everyone has the potential to be or do good.....basically very holistic~!

the other approach is called the psychoanalytic approach: which views everyone as inherritly selfish~!

this ques. also kinda goes with the nature vs. nurture ques. in psych.

well anyways i believe that our nature is both evil and good. sure i think we cause more damage that we intend to..but that doesn't mean our intensions are for evil purposes......but one can't ignore the fact that we're not pure and full of goodness either~!
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quosimos · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:09 pm Post subject:

its a question that many thinkers and philosophers have grappled with in the past. utiliarians believe that the happiness or sadness (of EVERYBODY, so this covers the idea that a deed produces both happiness and sadness. and throughout time) that an action produces determines its morality. they also hold intellectual pleasure over physical pleasure. utilitarianism is not hedonism.

This is a philospophy which judges actions by their consequences, something which not all people agree with. some people disagree because they think that an action itself may be good or bad regardless of its consequences. of course, another difficulty is measuring happiness and sadness.

for those who think that this sounds all too much like i read the first chapter of a book about morality, you are absolutely right. unfortunately thats all i went through before i kinda got bored. oh yea, i read some Nietzschian philosophy as well but that was beyond my comprehension.

pyrorecca · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:24 am Post subject:

If i post in this thread will it get locked?

It's like i'm the cause of all the thread locking in the free for all section

I'm a marked man.......

Anyway i think that what may be the right thing to do may not be the good thing to do

And that the evil thing to do may not be the wrong thing to do

Right & wrong, Good & Bad. two completely different things
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Jsy3k · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:28 am Post subject:

pyrorecca · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:39 am Post subject:

Thats weird.....it says i got no new messages.......

On topic: "A saint today, is a sinner tomorrow"

Basically, the true nature of mankind differs from century to century.

Most of us today would be saints 2000 years ago. How can we say what is good or bad if we have no benchmark to compare ourselves against. What society says is a good thing to do may not be the good thing to do.
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quosimos · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:44 am Post subject:

Jsy3k, do the responsible thing and ban him from the internet. jk jk
oh yeah, the true nature of mankind...
um, well i dont believe in that people are born sinners crap.

Jsy3k · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:52 am Post subject:

pyrorecca · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:53 am Post subject:

Yeah, banning me from the internet is for the good of humankind.

But is it the right thing to do? Very Happy

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quosimos · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:04 am Post subject:

Monsta_Mikal · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:41 am Post subject:

Wow i think this in itself is a huge question
but God gave us the privelige of choice, the freedom to choose good and evil since we arent perfect i think we just tend to choose bad things alot

TrueAncestor · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:14 pm Post subject: