Since 1651, the question of human nature has divided serious thinkers into two irreconcilable positions. This service places your question before both. Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau will each respond, in turn, four exchanges each. There is no verdict. There has never been one.
Hobbes and Rousseau will debate it. Four exchanges each. No verdict.
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This debate was hosted by the Antidote Institute as part of its programme of public philosophical consultation. The Institute makes no claim as to the resolution of the question posed. Readers are directed to: Graeber, D. and Wengrow, D. (2021). The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity. For further reading on what neither participant could see.