Biologists agree that all normal children have tendency to help and be sociable and are curious to learn . It seems like there is a little voice that guide them. However; growing up ; a second voice comes to compete with the first one and adults become more selfish, competition between people becomes normal and crimes and wars are our daily news. What happened to us? Why this dangerous change? Any way to solve this?
Please share your ideas.
Yes, we all are born genetically good, but it is the environment that shapes us.
Yes, we all are born genetically good, but it is the environment that shapes us.
I will say both genetic and environmental factors affect the personality and character of a person.
Have you seen this study:
Mann, Charles C. "Behavioral genetics in transition: a mass of evidence - animal and human - shows that genes influence behavior. But the attempt to pin down which genes influence behaviors has proved frustratingly difficult." Science, vol. 264, no. 5166, 1994, p. 1686+
Well worth a read on this topic - even if it is somewhat dated
Yes, of course we are all genetically good, God creates us as good people, but the acquired habits have made persons good or bad people.
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There are genetically good and there are genetically bad people depending on our interpretation of what is good and bad. A balance of good and evil must be maintained in the world otherwise it would be tasteless. We just can't all be sweet, you know.
What ever may be the fate of our gene (good or bad), we can change it for better because I believe we can groom so many good traits over the bad ones. So all depends on the environment where the child lives.. Just they need some good nurturing from their parents, guardians and teachers.
Thank you all for the very interesting opinions. It seems like both genes and environment play an important role to shape up our personality.
Interference by "bad" parents (or grandparents and others) makes the instinct-driven "good" children ready to start fighting.
Yes, Dr. Nirmala I agree with you, its right that the environmental factors or conditions also play an important role in this case.
Best regards.
I think we distinguish ourselves as good if we help people in terms of trust and love
Basic goodness of being human, towards all living beings and this multiverse, and towards our very own planet earth needs this goodness to breath and survive....
I would say we are good or bad people because of three main factors:
1) Our biological inheritance or our genes;
2) The physical, and socio-cultural milieu in which we were born and grew up;
3) the intricate relationhips between our genetic predispositions and our enviroment.
As I psychologist, I think that this is the case for any human behavior,
Best regards,
Orlando
Dear Prof,
Genetically, the humans have majorly a similar identity. As kids, when we do not have the need to be brutal, we tend to be soft and generous. Saints, again, the ones who have lost interest in materialistic lives are soft. The general human population is turning wild due to societal pressure and greed. PRactically, not all of us can become saints; But, drawing our own limits to materialistic pleasures can probably lessen the inhuman attributes.
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