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One thing that interests me about human nature is that EVERYONE tries to be a good person. There dont seem to be any exceptions to this.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying everyone IS a good person. Only that everyone tries to convince themselves that that their morality is good.
Even serial killers often claim they were doing "gods work" as if somehow murdering innocent people is a good thing.
I think it is in this quality that there is the most hope for humans, even when we loose our way. The fact that everyone, no matter how disturbed they are, is always looking towards a moral compass, even if that compass is broken.
@freemo very interesting. I have always wondered whether human beings are born with some kind of universal moral grammar, something akin to Chomsky's universal grammar for natural languages. Except that this would be for morality. I think it would tie into what you are saying. Essentially everyone in their head is a good person, but the "moral language" they use is at odds with the socially accepted one. Know what I mean?
