Is nature or nurture more important

The answer is completely subjective. I’ll assume you are talking about raising children simply because this vocabulary is often used in that case.

Nature can go from describing events out of our control, innate feelings, to describing the area we are raised in. Nature can go a long way with raising kids, in comes the theory’s of the “murder gene.” The aforementioned gene is a theory on the “murderous” behaviors in children sociopaths, or psychopaths. This theory exists because of some unexplainable behaviors the children have that were not taught, like hurting animals and lack of empathy.

In a more lose interpretation of Nature it can mean the area children are raised in. Like the different between a trailer park and a mansion. But generally Nature refers to innate, uncontrollable, behaviors.

On the other hand Nurture refers to the actual raising of the child. Referring back to the “murder gene” the question is if you could reverse the effects of the gene in children based on how you raise them. Nurture is also an argument for how kind you should be to your child as they are growing.

Personally I think Nurture is more important, but in all actuality a good balance is best.