“It is a sin to believe the evil of others, but it is rarely a mistake.” -HL MenckensFrom birth, humans have a naturally evil predisposition. Although the term "evil" is difficult to define, there are different views on morality. The most commonly cited, moral objectivism, holds that moral standards are universally transcendent and that certain acts are right or wrong, independent of human subjectivity. It is by this tacit moral code that the actions of humanity are judged. There is debate over the existence of a fundamental human nature, as social and environmental influences are present from the moment a person is born. But if we can define human nature, it is undoubtedly naturally evil. The eminent 17th-century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes said of human nature: “While men live without a common power to hold them all in awe, they are in that state which is called war; and a war like that of each man against each man. » He believed that man had the right to defend his life and liberty against others, and that in his natural state he was born to do so. He used the term “Bellum omnium”. contra omnes”, literally translated as “The war of all against all”, to describe this. We often like to believe that our breed is naturally “good” – it’s one of the things that separates us from thousands of other species of fish. living beings. Morality and ethics are the threads that hold civilization together when all else fails, and so we like to think that deep down, the basic instinct of humanity is to help each other in distress, to support each other in periods of turbulence. But in today's selfish society, this is rarely the case. Through historical events, various religious beliefs, and empirical data, our fundamental nature becomes clear. : We protect our own interests above all else. Historical tragedies, religious doctrine, and scientific trials all corroborate the intrinsic roots of evil that humanity collectively shares. The rules of society and the cultural norms it has developed over time play an important role in providing the regulating hand that restrains evil. It incentivizes altruism, rewards kindness, and provides a reason for altruism. But when those same regulations are removed, civilization will inevitably collapse, just as the facsimile of society on Golding's Island eventually dissolved into chaos. But where humanity struggles, we also find hope, and society continues to function, despite the inherently evil nature of humanity. We can only hope that we can do the same when the world around us collapses..