Humans are both rational and irrational and we can be both good and evil....it is the desire to be good...it is the gaining the skills to be good....that makes all of the difference.
The big problem of today is the high number of people who either cant or wont do the work...who are either too lazy, too stupid, or too immoral to do the work.
Being one of the Better People is a lot like conducting a quality marriage...it takes intent and it takes work.
And it takes learning.