Our Fundamental Nature: Good or Evil?

Are people fundamentally good, fundamentally evil, or neither? To develop a sophisticated answer to this basic question, we reach back to a more than 2,000-year-old debate between great Confucian philosophers. Do you agree with optimism, pessimism, dualism, indifferentism, or individualism? Which theory of human nature speaks to you and frames your view of the world?

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  • Originally Aired July 19, 2019
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Network The Great Courses
  • Created May 5, 2024 by
    RicaRaducanu
  • Modified May 5, 2024 by
    RicaRaducanu