Human Nature

Human nature can be seen in every living thing in the world, We are animals but since we'er smart we do not place ourselfs with them. When someone tells us something like "God" We cling to whatever god is to feel better about ourselfs, proof doesn't even have to exist we'll just make a reason.
The best way to explain us is like a cancer, destorying everything for our own selffish gain, we tear down the homes of animals and move them out. Why? Cause we can we call ourselfs superior, the earth was fine before we became to be.

We tend to look down on each other for the color of someone's skin or the way they act/talk.
There is no good or evil, light & dark, right and wrong, only lies to maintain balance in this ruined world we call "earth".


Simply put we are selffish fools placing ourselfs above everything all the time and when we notice a mistake we try to fix it, I mean look we think some tin cans is going to save us, we fight endlessly for pointless reasons (sometimes)

The gift to evolve..This quality in humans is so strong that one might even think God bestowed them with so many faults, merely to provide balance for their superior drive.

True power, our power, is in our diversity and difference. It is not in the illusive power we chase in money and things. It is not in what we call unity. We are already unified through breath. We want to deny our unity because we look different, act different and we believe we want different things. The elk, oak and pine live together to create the mighty forests. The skark, dolphin and whales live together to create the wealth of the oceans. The blue jay, hawk and robin sing together to create the melody of the sky. The lion, elephant and jaguar live together in the wonderment of the wild. They all want the same things: food, protection for their young and the opportunity to move freely. The animals do not blame or judge. They live without anger or fear. Are animals just stupid? Or have we become too smart?

We are just animals that have evolved, nothing more nothing less.

^^ Sorry if that sounded bad, just my thought.

Thomas Hobbs pretty much answers your question


It's complicated to describe man's nature while under government, because it's when we aren't under government that our true nature is expressed

If it's in a man's state of nature to be anarchic, then why would he create a government? Clearly making a government is also apart of man's nature. I also have qualms with this only being a philosophers opinion. Bring out the experimental evidence instead because only then can the facts be revealed. It is an interesting question of what a group of people isolated from the rest of the world would do on their own. I think that most people have no reason to kill each other because it would be more beneficial to keep them around.

Here's an experiment of the mind and your own reactions: If you were stranded on an island with a group of people, would you kill them or work together? If you stole from them and they found out you'd realize it was a mistake because they won't help you anymore.

If we say we are animals, then we can see examples of nature where groups of animals work together, such as a pack of wolves, a dolphin school, etc.

I believe we, Humans are created in different personality as well as our perspectives and opinion.That's why some people could be more superior than the other due to his talents,skills or knowledge.If the seven deadly sins is the root of every people's soul that means humans are much more worst than animals as they try to gain more than other people and even willing to destroy other people in order to benefit themselves.Just my opinion.

I'm starting to get confused about this topic.

What defines Human nature? is it...

the way everyone behaves?
the way most people behave?

what everyone does?
what most people do?

I need to figure this out before I can effectively discuss this topic

The way a human thinks, behaves, or feels naturally.

so human nature is not something we do?

then why did you say

Behavior are the things we do. If I have to point that out I'll stop talking to you right now because it's silly.

In the presence of anarchy, humans resort back to the instinct of survival in every living thing. Unfortunately when people complain about the "savage" core of humans, they fail to recognize that this exists in nature itself. Animals kill each other over possessions to survive just a humans do, but unfortunately we usually to not witness this in our every day life and assume humans are the only ones who act the way we do.

The purpose of philosophy is to understand "what is my goal and how should I live in order to fulfill it?" Unfortunately, questions like these always lead people to assume all humans are bad and have no control over it, and proceed to live without guilt assuming there is not consequence. They do not see it as a single stage in our development and that our first job as a being is to mature above it.

which definition of behavior are you using?

behavior means "the manner in which we act", not "the sum of all our actions"

The Seven Deadly Sins are unfortunately the more popular of the pair. I think you may benefit from learning of the Seven Heavenly Virtues:

Chastity (purity)
Temperance (self-restraint)
Charity (giving)
Diligence (zeal/integrity/Labor)
Forgiveness (composure)
Kindness (admiration)
Humility (humbleness)

The point of these lists is to make you think, not give you answers. I look at them for what they are: Amusement. That's my take on it, anyway. Enjoy.

.............................. are you high? It's like you don't understand synonyms.

Virtue is a choice, a life style. The so called seven deadly sins, are nothing more than the accepted commonality of man. People are horrible, realize it, accept it, deal with it however you wish.

I don't care if you pay attention to me or not. It's for your benefit and to broaden your knowledge on the subject, but if you want to remain ignorant and choose to ignore a post that was intended to aid you, then you do deserve all the misunderstanding comments. Read my post again and then post again. Choose to use it for your benefit or you won't hear from me again because I won't waste my time.

I believe that there is no "human" nature. There are innate, bestial desires, and if that is "human nature," then they do tend to correspond with the seven deadly sins. However, these natures are a part of all* living creatures.

Also, there are serious environmental factors such as parental teachings, childhood experiences, culture in general, standard of living, et cetera. All of these components mold humans' original natures into their developed manifestations in adult life.

*Probably. It's an "educated guess."

I am thankful for your apology and accept it.

Regarding human nature, I believe that we are plagued with temptations and often must make an effort to do what our moral judgment tells us is the right thing. This can be subjective, but regardless of the accuracy of these lists, I do think they share valuable information that can teach us many things. If these deadly sins plague us as temptations that make us vein people, the virtues are ones that we can exemplify in order to make life worth living and affect many different people in a positive manner. If you look at the sins, they are all for selfish needs and the virtues are for how to benefit others. It's a very interesting concept I hope you gain something from, regardless of its origin.

To me human nature is what people call their original thoughts on something when they are able to understad what they those thoughts are and so people label their human nature as imperfect and the main examples people give of that imperfection is the 7 Deadly Sins when in reality they are what their name implies sins or acts of what is considered wrong and it is lumped into the "imperfect" human nature. But human nature is just an idea made to give reason to why people believe, think or do something and since human nature is ultimately man's creation it can be changed over time, like supposedly it is human nature to want to have offspring like every other organism but our society has changed and some people don't want offspring, making human nature an attempt to undertand why or to give a reason for people to do something like act wrong. But in the end this is all opinion and opinion pretty much never becomes fact when it is about philosophy as new ideas always philosophy always changes and can always be argued over.