Are we born moral?

The reading discussed many theories on how moralities in humans have been passed. Is it through natural born instinct or taught through the parameters of society that we learn the difference between right and wrong. They also raise the question of morality in the animal kingdom. Some have the opinions that with in animals they have learned their own form of morality. While I wouldn’t class it as having the same rules as humans do animals have certainly shown behavior that is not completely selfish and immoral. Personally I take the side of being born with moralities as instincts and then developing how to use them throughout life. I feel like if the question “are we born moral” was rephrased as “are we born evil,” more people would share the view. When you use stronger language people tend to have different opinions then they normally would, and in this case they would not want to consider themselves as evil from the beginning.

Kyle Eggers