Human nature

I personally believe that human nature is innately evil, not necessarily extremely evil, but in a way we are a little selfish. There have been many philosophers who delved into the topic of human nature, some of whom I can recall from a Chinese class I audited.

Meng (Mencius) believed that we are born good and that society influences us to become evil - by not having a positive upbringing, immorality, etc. On the contrary, Xunzi believes that we are born evil and only through society can we learn good morals. Finally, Gaozi believes that human nature is neither good nor evil, as human nature is like nature itself (ex: whirling water that is neither inclined east nor west).

Similarly, you can look into Western philosphers such as Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Hobbes, Marx, etc. and see what their views on human nature are.

To me, there isn't a definite right or wrong; all of these philosophers and their theories are very well refuted in their thoughts.

Jam it back in, in the dark.