People's Natural Obligation To Be Good Analysis

People’s Natural Inclination to Be Good Mencius states that “there is no human that does not tend towards goodness” (Norden, 69). He explains throughout the book how it is in human inclination to always choose good over evil. I agree with Mencius’ opinion, that humans are always inclined to do the right thing, save for the few times where circumstances cause someone to shift to being “not good.” The Book of Job is an excellent example of how it is in ones nature to be good no matter what has happened. In the beginning Job is said to have been “…innocent, upright, and God-fearing, and kept himself apart from evil” (Scheindlin, 55). God has given Job everything that he could have asked for: a loving family, good friends, and a huge flock to help him make a decent living for himself. The Devil exclaims to God that God has “…sheltered…on all sides, him and his household and everything he has, and have blessed everything he does….” (Scheindlin, 55-56). With the Devil’s convincement, God decides to test out Job’s faith and killed his family, his servants, and his flock. Upon hearing the news, Job became upset but “[i]n spite of everything, Job did not sin and did not attach blame to God” (Scheindlin, 57). Job then is cursed with terrible boils all over his skin and then is when he cries out with anger at God and curses the day he was born. Many may

Job’s moment of weakness does not automatically make him “not good”, he reverts back to his good natured self at the end when God finally confronts him and Job has a moment to reflect on what he said and realized that he “spoke with no wisdom of things beyond me I did not know” (Scheindlin, 155). Here we see Job retract and understand how he has strayed into being “not good” by challenging God and revert back to his natural disposition of being