“Humans are fundamentally good at their core”
Agree
- Most people want to help others
- Cooperation built civilization
- Evil is learned not innate
- Babies show natural empathy
- History shows more good than evil
Disagree
- History is full of atrocities
- Self-interest drives most behavior
- Civilization requires forcing goodness
- Look at what people do when unchecked
- Power reveals true nature
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