Are Humans 'Good'?

My opinion... our sophistication and necessity for everything to be convenient to ourselves has led to the downfall of all species on this planet. Mankind was the worst thing that ever happened to Earth.

 

I don't think humans are good. I mean all we do is laze around and watch TV and have sex and stuff. It's really fun but it's destroying our world.

 

It depends how you look at it. Someone could think destroying a rainforest to make a shelter for starving children: would be a bad thing for the rainforest. While others think that the shelter is a good thing and it'll help people.

Good and bad, on your point of view IMO.

 

Humans are the most dangerous creatures on the planet due to the fact they can think, plan, deceive, hurt, and create. However, humans are also the only beings that can fully discover this universe and build up this planet to it's potential, and possibley save it from things such as global warming and delay it's destruction fro mthe sun going supernova. Humans may be dangerous, but their not evil. They just need to learn to put away the betrayl and the hate. Humans are the only beings that can build up this universe to something even more spectacular than what it is.

 

yeah it depends on how you look at it.. we have disrupted the natural flow of adaptation, genetic makeup, habitat and sometimes niches of many species. And as for ourselves we have stopped our own evolutionary progress by taking care of the sick. In theory they should be left to die so the genes in the people who have survived can move as a progression. I do not by any mean intend to state that the theory of evolution is a fact. For all we know out behavior be just the way it was meant to be and something in the future will find a way to keep out output in check just as the lion keeps the gazelle population in check....who knows one can only speculate...

 

That is exactly the point I am trying to get across, in the long runs humans are complete idiots.

The problem is humans try to defy their death, that might be instinct but they can not defy nature. Not to mention they started global warming and even now they try as little as possible to stop it.

 

Humans are the cleverest thing on the planet yet we do disturb the other species and destroy everything. We are masters of destruction because we test on animals- we destroy habitats so we can build stuff for ourselves. We are also the greediest I think.

 

Very true Ienzo.

And I am saying this to everyone I am not saying that humans are the stupidest animal on the planet just the worse.

 

Wow i don't think there is a more complicated question..... It really depends on your point of view though. Excecuting a criminal for instance can be seen as good for destroying a dangerous threat, but bad because we are destroying one another.. Point of View thing!

 

Good and evil are just differences of opinion. What context are we talking about?

 

I believe that humans are truly good but sometimes they just get misguided.

 

To ourselves? Depends on opinion of others.
To the environment? NO. Absolutely not.

 

Well...I think we are evil!We are destroying the habitats of endangered animals and aborogines(orang asli in malay). We are also getting lazier now that there is technology.

We are harming Mother Earth by using too much CFC's and using too much plastic bags! We burn and burn our rubbish!We should recycle them instead! My country is encouraging us to use our own bags and use Solar energy as an alternative.

We are only asking for global warming because mist of us S;poreans are willing to pay 10c for buying plastic bags. Indonesian islands are disappearing,the ice caps are melting and there is freak weather.

We should encourage people to recycle and do our part to save Mother Earth.

 

Humans in general arent good... But the answer really depends on the individual.

 

dam straight....(not in that group)

 

i agree the mojiortiy of humans are like how you say but not all are

 

Humans do good but bad can come of it and vise versa. I think humans are neutral- we do both good and bad, it's just the individual but look! Humans are destroying the world!

 

This is probably one of the only threads that loads of people have agreed with me, but back to subject.

I know that some humans do 'Good ' but if you take good and evil out of the equation then humans would be actually defiling their instincts as creatures.

 

So what are you, then? French?
Anyways, all other animals do the exact same things, just on a smaller level and you don't know it.

 

Humans are neither good or bad. Good or bad depends on the circumstance and what is considered 'beneficial' to who will decide the outcome. Humans are not evil on a whole, etc. These are 'human' coined terms that are all depending on what someone looking in thinks and are irrelevant. Some humans do things that are regrettable and can be considered 'bad' by most people. Others do not. Others do great deeds that benefit humanity and the world at large. Judging something as a whole unit is prejudice. It's like saying 'all blacks shoplift' or 'black males rape' or 'asians do great at math' or 'white men can't jump' or 'supremists are always white' or 'native americans are all operating casinos' etc. Instead of isolating one culture though, you take the whole thing.

I am curious though why if people feel 'Humans' are bad, why they aren't jumping off a bridge by now to stop being a member of it. Not that I am condoning suicide, but there's just something wrong with this. If you find yourself to be a decent person, then you should rationalize there are others out there who are also good people. Therefore, the whole of humanity cannot be 'bad' either. If you find yourself to be a person that is not what you would say is 'good' you can change it. The ability to change and adapt is humanity's greatest gift and perhaps it's time more people took advantage of it in a positive way.