Do you believe you can be born 'good' or 'bad'? in other words do you think it can be genetic?

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I just wonder...

Rosexøxø · Accepted Answer

It could be as far back and as simple as that- DNA cells and molecules… OR

it can be as soon as the brain processes and develops thought and how we view the world from then and there on, and then the views we then develop and believe.

I’m not certain. I’m sure you may be able to find some interesting finds- scientific research and articles on the matter. I’d like to think it’s less scientific than that. I was very nice as a kid. I just was and I’d love to believe it was my view on the world. It was! I just hope for certain it wasn't due to my dna. I love science but that’d be a pathetic reason to be nice or mean to someone. It being the ingredients list so to speak or the components of us. I think it’s less math and more intelligence because we don’t see kindness amongst the simplest of cells. There’s not aggression but just speed and ability to survive and such. Species raised in isolation tend to be more aggressive than those raised with siblings and essentially it means other young including their own parent (s).

So it’s based on social association interaction and engagement. I think it means it comes in a dual format. One half being social engagement and the second half our responses and reactions to that stimuli.

So all in all I HOPE and I believe because of these reasons it’s not due to dna.

Some autistic people or those with dna that seems “errored” can be the nicest people ever. It’s the intelligence level and the decisions there on.

As for mood I’m sure dna and nutrition can definitely play a part but as for temperament? I’d say that’s also developed. It’s a skill so it’s ones ability to assess and manage that. Cognitive function than cells and genetic make up.

And despite all this I say there will definitely be experts out there who say moods and certain things like that ARE due to genetics. 🤷‍♀️

Not sure how much of that I PERSONALLY believe. But in your search for clues and answers, keep an open mind and do with that what you will. 👍 💯

Fun question.

petitedollbabee · Accepted Answer

Nope. I believe it’s dependent on your environment growing up and the morals you learn from those around you. Nurture rather than nature.

Finchie40 · Accepted Answer

I think it’s the way we are raised ’ and what we experienced in our lifetime to mold us into who we are , I was raised by an alcoholic abusive father but my Mom was sweet and loving and loved me and my brothers so much to the point we felt like we had the best Mom in the world , my Dad on the other hand was a caring father if he wasn’t drunk as shit so he had his good and bad sides to him , So my brothers’ and I grew up to be pretty much good guys’ that are respectful to others’ that are respectful to us , we experienced so much craziness in our lives growing up , to the point we still talk about it to this day , but we just learned to accept things for the way they were , but overall we are giving and loving to others’ to treat us the same , if someone does us dirty , we don’t back down, And if someone crosses the line , we will fight. So overall I consider myself more of a good guy over a bad guy , even though I do have a bad side at times only if someone steers me the wrong way. I don’t really tolerate to much shit from people that try to take me for granted , I will clearly make it known not to fuck with me or any of my loved ones , I don’t like to fight , but I will fight if my buttons or pushed the wrong way. I have knocked some people out that clearly deserved it. But if you are on my good side , I will have your back all the way. Most of my friends’ will compliment me and say I have a huge heart , just don’t get on his bad side lol

Maybe_Maybe_not · Accepted Answer

I don't believe geneticists are qualified in this area, I believe   are qualified, as well as   plus  , let's not forget   interesting as well. Gee, it's a lot of "gy" in  soft science  !

ohsheeT · Answer

Yes I mean if two people can get together and they have a child and the child is a good child and then a couple years later you have another child and that child has autism

But before those two children the woman has another child her first child and is a very good child thinks about things so deep you could tell when she was one or two years old that she was in an empath and has remained her true self

So so the first daughter is an empath the second daughter is a good girl very smart intelligent and then the son
Has autism

All three kids are great doing good in school everything then the mother of the girls that had the kids takes over the kids and thinks you have to yell and scream at them are put them in time out or discipline them at all moments to get them to do what you want and now the kids turn to a different direction and become as evil as the grandmother because that's the way they get treated and the two daughters are now little witches until they turn 18
They move out of the grandmother's house start going to college and they become themselves again just sweet girls that are smart intelligent and want to be a good human being and be part of society in their own way but all the witchiness has gone

So I don't see why not you know that something could happen in the gene pool the mixture of two genes

Maybe kind of like oil and water mixing together who knows good question though but I think so and it also depends on the parents if you have parents that do not care do not get involved in a positive manner and show their kids how to love and that they are loved it's going to turn them into somebody for sure

RageBabe · Answer

According to Theravada Buddhism, some people are born good regardless of their good or bad environment or the good or bad behaviours of their parents. Some people are born bad regardless of their good or bad environment or the good or bad behaviours of their parents, too.

Date_a_Snob · Answer

Growing up I went to a public elementary school. There were definetly good kids and bad kids. However there was only one really bad kid. I remember one day in French class he hit a girl and was ordered to go to the office by the teacher. He responded by picking up his pencil box, threw it at the chalkboard, than walked out of the classroom laughing. We (myself included) were all frightened. What suprised me most was how some of the "bullies" in the class reacted... visibly frightened and scared.

purplepoppy · Answer

One interesting thing about very young children is they have a very heightened sense of fairness. What upsets them the most in children's stories isn't monsters, witches, big bad wolves, or gruesome deaths, it's innocent people being treated unfairly and isn't that the basis of being good.

Crimsyjo · Answer

I think the brain is pretty much a clean slate when born.

It very quickly absorbs everything around it tho. But even so... "good" and "bad" are huge areas to define the meaning of. Is a child who takes another child's toy inheridently "bad"? Or still developing knowledge about right and wrong behaviour? Therefore in a loose definition of the terms I'd say they are learned behaviours. But not absolute.

Lurix · Answer

Nah, I don't think anyone's born straight-up "good" or "bad." Genetics might play a part in your personality, but it's more about how you're raised and what life throws at you. Sure, some people might lean one way or the other, but at the end of the day, it's the choices you make that define who you are. It’s not just in your DNA.

meetkitty123 · Answer

I believe we are probably born with a genetic disposition however due to nurture versus nature environmental factors can alter the way we learn to manage our disposition.

I am sure there are some rare cases where there have been some violent people who perhaps a simply wired wrong from the beginning but whether or not that condition would be genetic and passed on would be debatable.

Abbycado · Answer

I think it is more nurture vs nature. I grew up in a sarcastic family. Now look lol.

DrPepper12 · Answer

I believe in a VERY small genetic predisposition to crime / unethical / immoral behavior BUT It takes a spectacularly inhumane and abusive environment to push those buttons.

If we're looking for the source of crime, we've always had the answer:

Do you believe you can be born 'good' or 'bad'? in other words do you think it can be genetic?

mandyfire98 · Answer

Well you can definitely be born with a mental disorder that causes you to lack empathy and that can be viewed as bad.

Somebody with anti-social personality disorder or narcissistic personality disorder.

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

It's genetics that make one turn out the way they are, my late mom was Bipolar and so am I and I know for the fact I follow her genes she passed away from a Sarcoma cancer at age 58, so I got to be careful.

Pete671 · Answer

Depends how many previous lives you have had, and whether you learnt anything, if you not been good person you have to come back to this earth plane time and time again until you learn the lessons you are here to learn,,,

call_me_scar · Answer

I think you can be born with a higher likelihood of becoming a more violent or shitty human but also it depends on how you are raised and the butterfly effect coming from that lay's out how you will be as a person

OddBeMe · Answer

Psyches say it’s 70/30ish. People can be born or have a childhood head trauma that makes them more susceptible to antisocial behavior. But loving families always win out.

Criminals are most often from loveless or abusive families.

loves2learn · Answer

I cannot answer this question. It is a balance of nature and nurture which I cannot qualify.

Goahead76 · Answer

I believe typically psychopaths develop at an early age. Something in their brain malfunctions in early development and they can't empathize with others.

Wiredone · Answer

I don't think it's genetic. I think peer pressure turns people bad

electromagnetic · Answer

Nope. I think environments shape a person.

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It's genetics that make one turn out the way they are, my late mom was Bipolar and so am I and I know for the fact I follow her genes she passed away from a Sarcoma cancer at age 58, so I got to be careful.

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It's genetics that make one turn out the way they are, my late mom was Bipolar and so am I and I know for the fact I follow her genes she passed away from a Sarcoma cancer at age 58, so I got to be careful.

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