Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Are Children Born Good Or Evil?

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the 18nth century created the innate goodness theory which says that when a child is born he/she is Inherently good. Evil encounters in society is what created misbehaving children.
Today, there are still minor debates about if children are born evil or not. However, it is accepted that childhood is a very influential time in a person’s life and directly impacts a person and how they feel/act as adults.

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