ARE PEOPLE PERFECTIBLE?

Our Default Impulses Have Always Tended Toward Evil Rather Than Good
By Brenda

There are many questions concerning the basic nature of mankind that are key to communication and understanding between different groups of people. If my basic views are vastly different from yours, the words I use will suggest an image in your mind which I didn't intend. When you respond to what I said, your words will likely convey an image which you did not intend. The resulting confusion and frustration will lead to a breakdown of communication, and leave us both less inclined to try to talk to one another again. Our basic world view will often not be clear and conscious, but rather be a vague set of impressions and feelings that we cannot articulate; importantly, however, that world view forms our meanings. Political discussion is a type of communication where this is very obvious..more...