Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment relates to this question and different people relay their different views on the subject. People like Razumihin feel that man is generally good and feels that certain errors must be overlooked or else everyone is bad, and others like Rodya and Svidrigrailov seem much more pessimistic about mankind. Which do you think is more right in relation to the book and do you think this is also true for real life?

Is Humankind Inherently Good or Evil?

Long has the question been pondered of whether man is inherently good or evil. Is man born one or the other or does his environment nudge him towards a path one way or another? This question is even broken down to a religious level, with some saying man is evil and in need of a God, and others that man is able to control and better his own world. This question can be seen from many different angles, but in the end which is it, is man inherently good or is he evil?