Born Evil?

In literature class, we are just about to start reading Lord of the Flies by William Golding. People in other classes have said that it's interesting, other people hated it. I have yet to read it, but from what I've heard, it seems like a unique book. I'm not quite sure of the details, but I think it's something about the evil in human nature. We read a short story/article that Golding wrote about forty years after he wrote Lord of the Flies. The short story/article is called Why Boys Become Vicious. It talked about how boys needed their families to guide them, otherwise, they could go down the wrong path. Golding also stated that everyone was born with evil in them. And so, this piece of writing got me thinking. At first, I was on the fence (stuck in between agreeing, or disagreeing). I think that humans aren't born with evil in their hearts. How can they be? They're just new to the world, how can they know things with an empty mind? It's only during their childhood when they start experiencing the world, that evil can start to worm its way into their hearts. But on the other hand, I also think that humans can be born with evil in their hearts. Humans are a very advanced species (right?) and who's to say that they aren't born with evil? How can you know, you can't peer into someone's heart and look. Everywhere we look, we can see hints of the cruelty in humans, it's that simple. Just take the time to look, and observe people of different ages, how they react and how they speak. Can you tell if they were born with evil in them or not? Can you tell if they even have evil in them? I believe everyone has evil in them, whether or not they were born with it.