“Humans are naturally good”
Agree
- Babies show empathy instinctively
- Most people help in crisis
- Cooperation built civilization
- Evil is learned behavior
- Kindness is our default state
Disagree
- History proves humans are violent
- Selfishness is survival instinct
- We're tribal and exclusionary
- Power corrupts universally
- Children can be cruel without teaching
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