Lighter, I don't really like the term "hard-wired," but I used it because that was the term being used.
Still, I think that every sentient being (not just human beings) has a natural tendency to move toward "good." Yes, we're free to make other choices - but I think our natural tendency is to choose what we perceive as good. I suppose that puts me at odds with the fundamentalists, with their belief in the "total depravity of human nature." Certainly, there is dysfunction and evil in the world, but I don't see the world as a whole as evil or dysfunctional.

-Joe-