Sunday, May 8, 2011

Are People Good at Heart?

So today I was cleaning out a bunch of my old school stuff and came across some old papers I wrote. This one discusses whether people are inherently good or evil. I wrote this on May 27th, 2003. I was eleven years old. I'm copying this verbatim, so please don't judge me on my horrible spelling and appalling misuse of "weather." I was only eleven!

Good at Heart

I think that it depends weather people are good at heart or not. I believe that most people are, but a rare few truley do not have any goodness in them whatsoever. All bullies or mean cranky people have at least a little goodness in them. Weather the goodness someone has is a softness for something like animals or small children or a heart full of pure kindness doesn't matter as long as they have some goodness in them. The rare few that have no kindness are speacial. Speacial in a bad way, though it is not all their fault. Everybody in their lives has added a small bit of evil. For example the little old lady at the supermarket may make them angry which builds on their anger and meaness. We can not help but to feel sorry for them because no one is born bad. The worst person on Earth has the tinyest good inside. That makes us feel better but thinking about it the nicest person on Earth has the tinyest bit of evil. Nobody is pure and good but some are close to it. What is inside of your heart is affected by everyone you meet which is something you really can not help.


Also, here's a doodle I drew on the assignment:

So I wasn't the best writer eight years ago. I wasn't the best artist either, but that one's a bit trickier. If Picasso drew that same platypus-thing it would be worth millions. But I'm no Picasso. Anyways, what do you think? Little me, if you can look past the grammatical war-zone, made some good points. I know what I think about this topic now, but I want to hear from you. Are people good at heart? I'd love to hear your opinions!

5 comments:

  1. Wow, I definitely didn't have that abstract of a mind when I was an 11. And I sure as hell can't draw like that now!

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  2. I don't think people are good at heart,I think everyone is born bad. Thats why babies cry when they want something. And you don't have to be taught to be mean, you have to be taught to be polite. But even so, I think that the last thing you said was amazing about how everyone affects everyone and it not being something you can help. <3 I love that.

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  3. I have to agree with Brittany on this, I think everyone is born evil as well.

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  4. I don't really believe that humans are born fully good or fully evil myself, but more of a shade of gray. They have some good instincts, and some bad instincts. If all humans were born bad, then where did this image of goodness come from? Whereas if all humans were born good, then where did the image of badness come from? I believe that a lot of the things humans view as "evil" were once crucial to our survival as well. For example selfishness: if you shared your food in ancient times that could lead to your death, you could die of starvation.
    Anyway, I could go on and on about this topic...but I'll spare you...

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  5. People are in the middle. You cant readily define good and evil because of the fact that perspective plays a key role in every action we look at.

    The only reason why we are taught to be good and polite is because it is something society expects from us. Like Pako said there is so much more to delve into on this subject but alas that is for another time.

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