Analysis Of More Is Caught Than Taught By John Lubbock

More is Caught Than Taught Is there such a thing as a natural born killer? Can someone be born bad? Criminals would have us believe they are not responsible for the crimes they commit because they have no choice in becoming a criminal. They tell us they are criminals because of faulty DNA. Avoiding punishment is no doubt the reason many criminals have made this argument, but British naturalist and politician John Lubbock would never agree with them and to the contrary, he would hold them accountable. “Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it” Lubbock wrote, expressing an opinion contrary to the one made by many criminals. Is Lubbock right? Is character a choice? Or is the opposite opinion true? Is character a given at birth? While merits exist to each position, it is clear, that ultimately one decides his or her own behavior and his or her character. Becoming a teenager means that one must have once been a child. And in childhood, most of us learn right from wrong. We are taught by our parents, teachers, churches and neighbors all about right and wrong. Sometimes we are taught using time outs, or through cautionary tales about children who failed to learn the virtue of behaving properly. And then sometimes we are taught by more immediate methods involving some raised voices and even …show more content…
Well …maybe in the case of the child born into a radical society, who in the course of learning about the world around him discovers that not everyone believes as he is taught to believe. This discovery prompts him to begin to adjust his belief system and finally his character. Of course it is possible that both forces can play equal parts in defining character, but anywhere free thought is allowed, it make sense that choice would be the prevailing factor in character development. And so, each person decides his or her own behavior and his or her