Even the three theories I explored do not have a perfect answer, but they shed light on the human condition. I don't think humans are inherently good or bad. However, the three theories all have something radically different to say about human nature. Thinkers with a biological approach would argue that there is no good and evil, but only nature (Gahtan, 2014). Freud postulated that human beings are intrinsically evil and imperfect. At its core, the id, part of our unconscious mind, tries to extract as much pleasure from the world as possible. The Ego and the Superego emerge as a response to make the Id behave in a rational and moral manner. (Financer, 2012). Phenomenological thinkers, however, generally have more optimistic views than Freud. Maslow, for example, believed that people were intrinsically good. He thought that everyone seeks self-actualization, which is the pinnacle of perfection an individual can achieve (Maslow, 1987). On the contrary, the humanist and existentialist Sartre stated that “This means that man first exists, happens, arises in the world and is defined only subsequently” (Sartre, 1973). What Sartre is saying is that human beings are created without good, evil, or purpose. We emerge from nowhere. What I find so profound in this statement is that if a person chooses to be good, it means that they have achieved the ability to be a good person