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Man's Inherent Goodness
By Sarah

Is man inherently evil? It is one of those controversial questions that cause the great thinkers of our world to engage in hot-tempered disputes and quarrels. The side that is often favored by the religious-minded and the optimists, the view that man is inherently good, is the stance that I will be defending in this narrative.
After all, is not man the creature that laughs at himself? Although there are those who would argue to the contrary, laughter is not evil, it is an expression of the joy and humor that permeates human life. Yes, man's humor is often cruel, and I cannot think of a joke that does not lay the brunt on some unfortunate soul who has suffered, at the very least, acute embarrassment; but this does not mean that man himself is always cruel. Man is the creature that *laughs at himself* this meaning that he laughs with everyone else when he falls, and does man not also laugh in joy at his daughter's wedding? Do his......

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