A Thing In Human Nature

   One of famous philosophers said something like this. If you see a little boy drowning in a river, you instictively try to save him without any reasons. And therefore, humans are basically good natured, even it is not the exact words that he wrote in the book. I remember he wrote some sentences very close to this meaning. But I believe it could be partially true and partially false. Let me elaborate how it might work in a real world.

   Suppose that a drowing boy happens to be a person who has hurted your offsprings very severely. And after you recognize who he is, you just save him just as before you thought you should. I might be not. I would be in a little hesitation mode to be in a conflict situation, at least for a whiie. As a few thoughts have been passed, I would consider a guilt consequences I may get along the line if I don't save him. Or I talk to myself "You have to save first and think next" just like in a movie scene. Or I whisper myself "You should do the right thing first". in a strong persuasive tone. This is the hypothetical situation I have made by myself to demonstrate the part of humans' good nature that could be in jeopardy or at least in conflict in some sense.

   Of course, I am not against the drowing boy needs to be saved first at all. I am just picking up a complex moment of life to be judged, especially in terms of motivations.