Bad to good or good to bad?

[radiocat]

Do you think its easier to change from our innate selves, generally, from being good to bad or bad to good? I personally feel its harder for a "good" person to become bad as they mature, I think they might end up being being repressed. I have heard from people whom had changed from bad to good say its harder being good, and once you have bad "attributes" its harder to change them. I know "bad" and "good" is very general, well just take it as what you perceive.

[zantac_2]

the perks and rewards one might receive from being bad can be very difficult to give up. at the same time, its very easy to give into temptation even if youre a saint.

[Tuffcore]

It's easier to stay good than it is to stay bad.

It's a basic human emotional need to feel like you are contributing positively to a community.  No matter how bad we are, at some point, we need to feel acceptance and social significance.  You only get that by being good.  You cannot raise your social importance by being bad alone.

[zantac_2]

possible to gain perceived social significance from being bad alone? in which itself could satisfy that emotional need.

[raymondc27]

It takes many years to learn good and only one day to learn to be bad

[Guest nana544]

Technically speaking, I think it's easier for a good person to turn bad, then good again. It can be harder for a bad person to be good, because they never learn what being good is. If a good person turns bad, they can turn back and be good again because they will think, "ohhh I'm not suppose to be bad."

[radiocat]

Good, bad, good, bad.. I think if you ever contemplate on being bad you're not  that bad afterall,

[Guest hearthealer]

FAAAR easier to turn from a good person to a bad person, it's far easier for a person who has never cheated in his life, to suddenly get drunk, get hit on by the hottest girl/guy in his or her life and BAM. Or, for someone who has never touched drugs, straight A student to try a little bit of cocaine for that energy boost, get addicted and end up committing crime to keep the habit going...far far easier to go from good to bad.
(I personally think that being bad is a shortcut to what you want in life, if you want it...take it type of mentality as opposed to diligently working toward something...therefore easier to go badside than goodside.)

[Ninshark]

tentatively, good to bad is easier just because of temptation and entropy.
if we're talking about habits, then definitely it's easier to be bad, and for good people to turn bad.

but seeing as social norms expect good, and there are less people in prison than walking about, either the rules are lenient or most people are good (easier to be good).

but then again, rules are pretty lenient since it requires a certain degree of bad to actually be federally recognized. it's easy to be small bad, but big bad is hard. << and this is the case when socially good is riddled with small bad, but still considered "mostly good".

most bad things (small bad) don't have consequences, except in conscience, so nobody really cares.