Scholars often wonder if human nature has a value of good or bad. Anthropology suggests it is neither. Human nature just is. Much like how a rock has no moral value, it just is. Humans, arbitrary, are developed through their cultures, in which their cultures determine any actions’ value. Humans then have different natures that are expressed from one culture to another. One individual from 1500’s china compared with one individual from the 2000’s in Europe, one would find very different ideals of what makes a person a person and how that given person should be within a given …show more content…
Anthropology suggests again, that it depends on who you ask. In a western modern day view the answer is yes, we are very different from other animals in regards to culture. This view proclaims that humans are above other creatures. A value of good and-or better has been placed. Where a conflicting view by a previous dominating culture of North America, the Amerindians, deeply proclaim the opposite. They view humanity as a unit within the animal kingdom in which we are intertwine together within the cosmos. There is no value or hierarchy. To Amerindians, to have a nature would be to learn that humans and other creatures are similar and inevitably share the same fate