Born Good Learn Bad
Social animals are born socially
responsible at least within their species. That is they are born good.
Socialization begins at birth and in general reinforces good social
behavior. Play well with others, share, be empathetic, respect
authority, and don't hurt others. The good and bad news is that the
socialization is exclusively within the tribe. Belief Systems (BS) are
not generally important at this stage. I place the break at about
Kindergarten, where children begin to be exposed to those outside the
tribe. At that point BS about "them" enters the socialization process
and depending on the BS reinforced in Religious Education, and BS group
formation in school, bad habits and prejudice may come into play in the
social conditioning process.
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