A few years ago, I disussed this topic with two of my coworkers and friends.
We all agreed that people are born with certain tendencies, for example, some people have mild temper, and some are more intense. But we are born neither good nor evil.
Aristotle argued that morality is learned, and that we're born as “amoral creatures” . We coincidently agreed with him: morality is learned. :)
I once read a book written by a psychiachist. He thinks babies, while they are still in mother's womb, feel complete, because all their needs are met. But once they are born, the feel of imcompleteness starts.
Every child's needs are different and every caretaker is different. While the caretakers are learning to take care of the babies, they make mistakes. Honestly there is no way to satisfy every need of a child. So the child starts experience the incompleteness. He thinks this kind of experience leaves marks in a person'd brain. At different stages of our lives, we experience diffrent kinds of unsatisfacion. All these negative feelings leave marks on our brain, which contributes to the developement of our personalities and world-views.
虫虫真棒，Chong didn't beat about the bush, but came straight to the
Chong didn't beat about the bush, but came straight to the heart of the problem. She has got the point. People are born neither good nor evil. This in itself is good. The likeness at beginning polarizes into multiple forms later with the means to satisfy ourselves in each of our entire lives. So that we have heard that loving money is human, but it must be earned in a right way.
A few years ago, I disussed this topic with two of my coworkers and friends.
We all agreed that people are born with certain tendencies, for example, some people have mild temper, and some are more intense. But we are born neither good nor evil.
Aristotle argued that morality is learned, and that we're born as “amoral creatures” . We coincidently agreed with him: morality is learned. :)
I once read a book written by a psychiachist. He thinks babies, while they are still in mother's womb, feel complete, because all their needs are met. But once they are born, the feel of imcompleteness starts.
Every child's needs are different and every caretaker is different. While the caretakers are learning to take care of the babies, they make mistakes. Honestly there is no way to satisfy every need of a child. So the child starts experience the incompleteness. He thinks this kind of experience leaves marks in a person'd brain. At different stages of our lives, we experience diffrent kinds of unsatisfacion. All these negative feelings leave marks on our brain, which contributes to the developement of our personalities and world-views.
My two cents. :)
Have a good day!
I consider new-borns a moral blank slate.
person's, not person'd
dissatifaction, not unsatisfaction
台湾哲学教授傅佩荣，一直以来努力传播的观点就是：孔孟曾说人性善，原意应该理解为人性向善。人性本善这一观点是朱熹注解，被用作科考教材，所以广为流传。油管有傅教授在台大的教学视频。
Chong didn't beat about the bush, but came straight to the heart of the problem. She has got the point. People are born neither good nor evil. This in itself is good. The likeness at beginning polarizes into multiple forms later with the means to satisfy ourselves in each of our entire lives. So that we have heard that loving money is human, but it must be earned in a right way.
每个人的出生成长环境对我们的个性影响很大，不只是父母，包括长大过程中的整个环境。对不同性情的人影响也很不一样。
我的理解是:
婴儿在母体里时是完整的有安全感的，因为TA的所有需求都得到了满足。但一旦出生，就开始不完整的过程。如果重要的需求能得到满足，会加深正面的验证，安全感就不会得到很大的影响，但如果需求经常得不到满足，负面验证越来越多，对周围环境就会感到不安全。在成长过程中，自己也许意识不到这些问题。但到一定时候，自我苏醒后，就会有一段挣扎。然后就开始漫长的从不完整努力修复接近完整的一个过程。
我们中好多人都有别人看不见的一些创伤，走在修复的路上。有的人缺失的太多，用尽一生修复也无法再接近完整的圆。所以对人有善意很重要。我们善意的一个微笑，一句话，一个行为，也许就能给需要的人一点正面的验证。