Question

求大神给来篇大学英语作文

Mencius argued that human nature is fundamentally good as everyone is born with the capacity to recognize what is right and act upon it. Xunzi argued that people are born selfish and that it is only through education and ritual that they learn to put moral principles above their own interests. What do you think of their views? Write a short essay on this, using examples to explain your points.

Answer 1

As we all know, we live in a far from a homogeneous-group world where different things coexist peacefully with each other. We have to admit that there are a great variety of types even within the same species. As the saying goes, "sons of the same dragon go different". So i really can't have an absolute answer for this. It really depends on several factors, including the gene goes to the kid's parents,or the health condition of the mother when she carries the baby or wether the father drinks during the wife's pregnancy or not. It usually has been said that the baby whose father drinks a lot will be born with irratability and more easily get raged and take offense, which, can partially answer for the high rate of crime in the USA. When i point out that man is born good, i have with me evidence. If you caught a person falling into the water ,drowning and dying, even when there was no one urging you, you wouldn't turn a blind eye to it--you would do something. This is human, they look after each other,you might think. We do it out of instincts but for interest's sake. However, on the other hand, there is a parable, when the god annouced to a crowd of people ,there was a victim who must die to pay for the guilt. Once several people looked away and spoted the poor sacrifice, then there came a landslide. They relieved for survival instead of showing sympathy for the "poor lamb" , which shows the dark side of human. In the typical story of THE LAST DINNER, Judas managed to disguise the conspiracy instead of saving his friend, while , Jesus himself was ready to sacrifice himself to save the people. It's often said, it can truly reflect the natrue of a person in an emergency and no matter how much or high-standard education you got, you can't fake yourself. One person is enormously different from another. It's really for science to decide.