Are people born good or evil?

Good and evil are perceptions based on personal views. What is good to a pro-choice activist is evil to a pro-life activist, and vice versa. People are influenced by their surroundings; family, friends, school, books, etc. You have to go through your own experiences to choose what you want to believe. If you were a war veteran and saw people getting killed and horrible things, then you would probably go through life as an anti-war activist, like Kurt Vonnegut. If you never have held a gun in your life and never fought in a war, but heard stories about how war is full of glory and excitement, you'd probably love the idea of it.