Ch. 12 Blog 2

I am with the majority of Americans that believe " that humans are, at heart, rational; that they are perfectible; and that human nature is highly susceptible to social and cultural influence." The rationality premise is the reason that we still use trial by jury in our justice system. Our culture still upholds the idea that average citizens can make good and just decisions. The perfectibility premise is mostly true, I believe we are sinners, but i also believe that it takes more than good decisions to have that forgiven. The mutability premise is one that i struggle with because while it makes sense that changing someones physical and psychological circumstances would improve them, there are too many people who grow up in the worst of circumstances but turn out to be great people. There are also people who are given everything and have an ideal environment but they turn out to be very bad people. I do think that universal education is an excellent way to attempt to give everyone a fighting chance at turning out to be a responsible, rational adult capable of making good decisions and being a useful part of society.