What determines our human nature?

I believe that the driving facture in determining our human nature is nurture and how we are brought up. It is evident that the way that your parents raise you will directly affect your ability to perform in society. Our parents' care or even the lack of care is not the only variable that plays a huge role in our human nature, there are many other factors. It is evident that perhaps a bigger influence than our elders is, society. We are constantly trying to mold ourselves to be what society wants and demands us to be. Clearly, society and its demands force us to bend and shape into a certain type of person. There are thousands of different variables that play into the overall determining of our human nature and how we act, think, and even learn. It is proven that parents that avidly read and talk to their children when they are younger, their children will have a higher IQ than children that didn’t receive this treatment. Clearly, our parents and society play a huge role in our lives and our human nature. I don’t think that any one determinant can determine what type of person we are going to be or what ethics or morals we are going to have, rather it is a diverse combination of determinants.

In my opinion the primary determinant that defines who we are as humans is social determinism. Clearly, we develop from education, customs, culture, interactions, and many other things. On the other hand, our genetics do not determine what type of person we are. Genetic determinism only determines our genetic make up and they way that we look. Although if our genetics include a disease that greatly affects our lives, it could affect the way we act and live our lives.


I view the environmental determinant as a slightly more important factor in determining our human nature. It is clearly evident that where people live determines how they live and the way that they act and behave. It is proven that people become lazier in warmer climates and that people have better work ethics in other colder climates. Now this is not true of everyone, but it is an overall average. Thus, it is evident that your immediate environment can directly affect the way you act and your social ability.