"Rationality, Perfectability, and Mutability Premises"

These three premises are based off of Larry Samovar, Richard Porter, and Nemi Jain. They argue that most Americans hold three basic beliefs about our human nature; that we are at heart, rational and that human nature is highly susceptible to social and cultural influence. I do believe in the first premise, rationality. It is the belief that most people are capable of discovering the truth through logical analysis. Most of the time the truth is right in front of us, we just have to think and process it correctly in order to use this premise. I do not believe in the second premise, perfectibility. It is based on the old Puritan idea that humans are born in sin but are capable of achieving goodness through effort and control. I think this premise is a bit scientific to the religious world. Yes we are born into a world of some negative scenarios, but not born in sin. Babies just arrived on the planet to enrich lives and create beauty for themselves. Being born is not a negative situation, that is what death is for... I do believe in the last premise, mutability. This premise assumes that human behavior is shaped by environmental factors and that the way to improve humans is to improve their physical and physiological circumstances. When we are surrounded with a negative atmosphere, we are more likely to become a part of it. Just like they say, you are who you hang out with. We need to evolve ourselves in such a world with positives and change.