Human nature

Human nature is an essential element that occurs in life every day and in every person. The temptations that people have as well as the thoughts that occur to people are worth studying even now today. I will be looking at how Aristotle studied human nature and his philosophies based upon it. I am going to look at how Aristotle described human nature compared to “normal” actions of humans. I will also compare the way Aristotle studied human nature in comparison and contrast with the view on…

Human nature and politics are inseparable. Raw, overpowering, and mighty, human nature is the dynamic force that drives political discourse. While Sophocles’ Antigone and Thucydides’ On Justice, Power, and Human Nature appear to be simply two independent works of antiquity, both convey timeless teaching on human nature. These interconnected lessons are relevant in modern political leadership and serve as a guide for moderation, justice, and engagement. Leadership Requires Moderation Human…

Nature is the elementary or intrinsic feature of an entity, especially when seen as a characteristic of it. When we refer to ‘nature’ we will discuss it relative to ‘human nature’, which is the essential metaphysical argumentation of distinguishing traits that humans tend to hold naturally; in other words the human way of thinking, feeling, and acting. The origin of human nature is perhaps the ultimate question that aims to explore the complete ethical, political, and theological spectrum of…

The conclusion that the Chinese philosopher Xunzi came to about human nature was that “human nature is bad.” (Cite) In other words, he believed that humans are inherently selfish, and must put effort into repressing their selfish nature to achieve any sense of 'goodness'. The evil in humans will lead to chaos and violence if left unchecked, and only by following external teaching and ritual can humanity be brought to order and civilization. (Cite) I disagree with this conclusion on the basis…

Characters and Positions (Announcer): A debate between two philosophers on whether the nature of man is good or bad overall will occur in this evening as if it were a basic and simple debate on a university campus. So, as a result, nothing will be off the table. Taking the place that humanity is evil is Eric, who will point to the past about humanities failures. On the opposite side of the debate is John, who will use evidence of humanities highest achievements to argue his place. This will be…

Human being When I started attending seminary, I heard in my classes about famous theologians beginning with Church Fathers such as Irenaeus of Lyon, later Saint Augustine, Origen, up to 21st century theologians such as Jürgen Moltmann; then, I wondered, how those theologians get the inspiration to talk about God deeply? What was the occurrence of them compared to my experience in life? How is human nature different or similar in relation to God’s creation? In this paper, I am going to talk…

According to the capitalist, human beings are in essence gluttonous, self-interested beings who can only be forced to act with the assurance of financial gain. This understanding has it that free market capitalism is a natural side effect of this avarice, this social-Darwinist hunger for supremacy and materialism, and that any system that disregards this imperative “human nature” is censured to proletariat misery. When we remove the capitalist industrialist lenses, Marx says that we can examine…

Human nature are the ways of acting and thinking that are common to most people. Human nature deals with the behavior, education, intelligence and character of a human being. All aspects of human nature are impacted either negatively or positively by memes passed on. The theory of memetics relate to human nature because most people think and act by imitating others. They react to a situation similarly to how someone else reacted to it in the past. Copying and learning from others is how humans…

Which philosopher provides the greatest argument to explain human nature and our ethical being? Without a doubt, I argue that Xunzi’s position of human nature being innately evil is the best position. This argument justifies corrupt behavior simply as inexperience and allows man to grow into virtue through teaching and guidelines. In what follows, I will provide Xunzi’s position on human nature and values. After that, I will describe Mencius’s position and present his counter-arguments to give…

Nature can be used to describe the situation that is more of normality to a given case. In the case of human beings, their nature can not exactly be easily defined since human beings contain diverse preferences and choices. One of the reasons why it is hard to define the nature of human beings is because they have evolved through a number of stages and at times, it is not possible to define the stage of evolution a human being is in. Nature itself can be used as a standard for making judgments.…