Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
Are we products of nature or nurture?
Position3 of 4

Nature and nurture are inseparable

This position holds that nature and nurture are inseparable. It argues the two are so intertwined that neither can exist without the other, and that humans are shaped by nature acting through nurture—a single woven process rather than competing forces.

Supporting arguments · 2

  1. Nature cannot exist without nurture, and vice versa
    Just as we influence our environment, our environment influences us. We are equally products of both nature and nurture because of this cycle of give and take.
  2. We are products of nature via nurture
    Our nature is the blueprint for who we’ll be, but nurture is what builds that blueprint into a person. Depending on who builds the blueprint and how (our environment), many different kinds of people can come from just one blueprint (our genes).