GRGR (15): Good & Evil (was Enzian...)

[Cjhurtt6 at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/11/99 2:15:36 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
rjackson at mail.usyd.edu.au writes:

<< Sort of. Except that conditioning is something exerted by an external
 agency and so is against nature in a way. And the danger of saying that
 everything humans do is down to human nature is that you thereby excuse
 some pretty deplorable acts. I think it's only our definitions which are
 at odds here though.
  >>
just because everything that humans do comes down to human nature does not 
mean that i or anyone else has to excuse anyone's behavior. another element 
of human nature is the desire to weed out the less savory aspects of our 
natures. this is where cultural conditioning comes in.
some one does something bad...it's human nature.
some one wants that person to stop...also human nature.
society builds a jail.
all human nature.