good people and bad people

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

So, this morning krissi was slightly fried due to the start of her finals, so we didn't get far. But in Ephesians 2:1-3, we see a diachotomy built between those following Satan/self/world, and those who are no longer acting in this way. I struggle with this diachotomy because you think of so many people who are very good people, who are compassionate and helpful and, well...good. But when you look at the human race as a whole, you see this concept easily, how we cannot help but pursue selfish ends (which themselves end with everything eventually falling apart), and how people who do not know God can nonetheless emulate qualities of Christ.

'children of wrath' = those born under the wrath of God? those born with the wrath of God and the curse of sin upon them?