If people are inherently sinful why do most people lead relatively good lives?

Non-Christian perspective

My view is that people are not inherently sinful, but are, if you like, programmed to do good. This is why most men lead relatively good lives.

Our inherent moral nature is the result of our conscience, which, in most people, acts to inhibit wrongdoing and encourage social cooperation.

Since conscience is "programmed" into us from early childhood, there is no discernable influence of religious beliefs on the conduct of most people. The proportion of people in our jails who see themselves as Christian is probably very similar to the proportion in the population as a whole.

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I don't know that most people lead a 'relatively' good life and one cannot lead a 'relatively' good life anyway - either you follow God or you don't and Jesus explained this very clearly.

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