Is Human Nature Good At Heart

What is human nature at heart? People often help others, even in hardship. Human nature is also to be happy, even in hardship which shows people are good on the inside. Not to mention, it is human nature to be good at heart. According to everything listed people are truly good at heart.

People often help others, even in hardship. Meip, a character from ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’, said: “I’ll be the up the minute I hear some more!” (506). People like Miep are risking their lives to save Jews like the Van Daans and the Franks because they are not very fond of what Hitler is doing to the Jews and minorities, not only are they helping them hide but they are also taking care of the Franks and Van Daans. Mr. Kraler, another character from ‘The

“Intuition is often automatic and effortless, leading to actions that occur without insight [to] them…..intuitive processes operate quickly.” People often act quickly without thinking, but with intuition, it is usually to help others and be selfless (article). “[participants from an experiment] gave significantly more money to the common good [while using their first instinct, their heart,] than did participants who relied on [their brain] to make their choices. This again suggests that our [nature] is to [be good at heart and] cooperate with others.” (article). One’s natural instinct is to help others, especially when given little time to think, and being forced to make a decision quickly by heart and not the brain. “our intuitive responses, or first instincts, tend to lead to cooperation rather than selfishness.” (article). According to an experiment performed on over 2000 people, human instinct is to be selfless and cooperative with others. One may believe that humans do not have good instincts after reading about matters such as mass murder, school shootings, and the holocaust, but actually, human nature is to be selfless. Motives usually cause selfish actions, not every motive is a good