Are People Generally Good? or Bad?

James 4:6-7

How the problem is diagnosed and understood will determine what solution is applied.  Our contemporary western culture overwhelmingly believes in the essential goodness of man -- as exemplified by Luke Bryan's song, "Most People Are Good" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liqktLC7xR0 ).  But G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) thinks otherwise (an audio excerpt from his book, ORTHODOXY, is embedded in the Sunday message.