How does the “born with prior knowledge of right and wrong” philosophy of human nature differ from the “born good” philosophy?
What will be an ideal response?
Those who espoused the “born with prior knowledge of right and wrong” believed
that when the soul joined the body, minds, emotions, and desires that preexisted came
with it. So, the ideas of right and wrong were already there, and when entered into a
human child, the child must grow and rediscover what he or she already knew--but the
child is not born with a specific tendency toward doing right or doing wrong. “Born good”
differs most fundamentally with this by arguing that there is a specifically good
orientation to the soul and mind at birth, and that only with time in the world and learning
from corrupt others does this change. This view is also more linked to specific religions,
like Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism than the “prior knowledge” school.
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