Human Nature

cruel, selfish, and greedy

Aristotle

• Man strives to find 'Good'
• 'Good' is whatever benefits the man

Thomas Hobbes

• believed that motivators are everywhere
• motivators can be bad or good

Lord of the Flies

• a class of British school boys are stranded on an island
• no adults are present
• they are free to do whatever they want

Lord of the Flies

• Most of the boys turn evil and try to kill each other
• Some stay sane and use logic to solve issues

Are humans naturally good?

works cited

• Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. New York: Coward-McCann, 1962. Print.
• Peters, R. S., and Robert E. Ewin. “Thomas Hobbes.” Philosophy and Ethics. Donald M. Borchert. New York: Macmillan Library Reference USA, 1999. Macmillan Compendium. World History in Context. Web. 24 Apr. 2015
• Lawson, Russell M. “Aristotle.” World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy. ABC-CLIO, 2015. Web. 24 Apr. 2015.

works cited

• Lawson, Russell M. “Aristotle.” World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy. ABC-CLIO, 2015. Web. 24 Apr. 2015.
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