inclination
inclination: a person's natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; a disposition or propensity.
— from Who Is Flying (Self, Nature & Nurture)
In the book
Maimonides, following Aristotle, separated three things I want you to carry for life: nature, what is inherent in you; nurture, what is learned; and inclination, a built-in tendency to act or feel a certain way. An inclination is a disposition, a standing urge — like a clutch with a tendency to slip: not a fate, but a pull you must account for. We do inherit and transmit a great deal — behaviors, emotions, beliefs, even our religion pass down more than we like to think. […] "I'm just built this way" is the great escape hatch, and it is usually a half-truth stretched to cover a choice. An inclination is a pull, not a verdict; the moment you treat a tendency as a destiny, you hand away the controls and call it fate. The deeper version is making yourself a permanent victim — but there is, in the end, no such thing as being the victim of another; you can finally only be the victim of yourself. — Who Is Flying (Self, Nature & Nurture)