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Originally Posted by brucepick
You can believe that people are basically selfish and inconsiderate of others, that is, basically bad.
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I think that people in general are good, but we all have a tendency to look out for our interests before our neighbor's. And I think that is OK.
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Or you can believe that people are basically good and will strive to make the best possible choices for all concerned, depending on the situation. That's my own view.
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There is one problem with that. What happens when the "best possible choice for all concerned" conflicts with your choice?
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Ok, I guess you could believe other things instead on that topic but I'm looking at those two extremes.
If we people were basically bad, we would call evil "good" and would admire it. But even those who think people are basically bad and selfish - say bad is a bad thing. Duh.
Or do you think that YOU are the only good one and everyone else is bad??? I highly doubt that's the case.
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Nope. I don't pretend to believe that my "good" is any better than the next guy's. What I do believe is that when one has the ability through government to dictate good, bad **** has a habit of happening. The history books are chock full of examples.