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Compared with animals, our instincts are hugely blunted, allowing our thoughts to override them for the sake of a longer term goal.
This faculty makes it possible to do both greater good and greater evil than any animal.
Yet we still, all of us, have tendencies towards greed, anger, and ignorance, which can get the better of us if we let them.
No babe is born good or evil. Primary care givers and environment program how the mind develops. But the brain and character are flexible, and as adults we can choose and become proactive in developing in positive ways.
This faculty makes it possible to do both greater good and greater evil than any animal.
Yet we still, all of us, have tendencies towards greed, anger, and ignorance, which can get the better of us if we let them.
No babe is born good or evil. Primary care givers and environment program how the mind develops. But the brain and character are flexible, and as adults we can choose and become proactive in developing in positive ways.