An Investigation of the Relationship between Nature/Genetics and Education from the View of Positivism and Islamic Scholars

The purpose of the present study is to review and analyze the extent and quality of the impact of nature/genetics on human behavior and changeability in the process of education. The method of study is descriptive-analytic and the results indicate what has been mentioned in the Qur’anic verses and traditions as a seemingly deterministic theme called “good and bad nature” is not in contradiction with human free will for changing and intellectual and behavioral transformation. Humans, despite natural and genetic harms that they inherit from their parents, can clear them away from their existence by being in a good and suitable situation or can deactivate them by highlighting their good traits. Free will in the existence of a human is an obvious issue and education and transformation in the world of events and changes is feasible and inevitable. If natural and genetic determinism were dominant on human beings, then praising and blaming and reward and punishment would be meaningless and it is against improvisation.