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GlobalNav
While our environment does have an affect on how we behave, it it not deterministic. We all make decisions, willful choices, strongly affected by the context of our background, but there are many many examples of men and women making good choices in spite of when and how they were raised. We are individually accountable for the choices we make.
As research into the field of epigenetics advances I believe that our understanding of these long term societal/psychological phenomena will change significantly.