We are evil, psychological altruists, from birth. From birth, we are weak psychological egoists.
Traditional ethics and modern ethics are almost entirely altruist. The ethical training for children is to use rewards, punishments, group expectations and behavior modification to turn them into kind little souls motivated more by caring for the needs of others than fulfilling their own desires first. Satan and Lera, Mr. and Mrs. Altruists, love it because, by growing self-loathing, contributes to communal wickedness being the maintained status quo.
We must bring up our children as individuators. Through ethical upbringing, by parents with their lists of do's and dont's, accompanied, by loving application of rewards and punishments, and byteaching by personal example, parents try and usually succeed at bring up good kids.
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