Pasong Tirad wrote:Iengal wrote:
I am not getting into this argument again, I will give a brief summary.
Man withholds himself from doing evil, for the most part, in modern society because of the things which would prove detrimental to him: violence by the state, common culture morality, and hurting his economic opportunities. Weather indoctrinated by these institutions or actively aware of them, man with holds himself for the most part.
However, take away these coercive institutions, the indoctrination, the reason to restrain one's self, I believe that man would be more inclined to do evil then good.
Inclined yes, just like how we're still inclined to do those things now. Our inclination won't grow, it's still just there. Inclination =/= naturally evil.
Let me ask you a few things.
Do you have the instinctive urge to love those who hate you?
Do you have the instinctive urge to share with those whom you do not like?
Do you have the instinctive urge to not wanna have sex with people for reasons other than procreation?
Do you have the instinctive urge to not want more things?
Do you have the instinctive urge to subject yourself to immense pain, hardship, stress, and even death for complete strangers?
If you do not, then you are not naturally inclined to goodness.