Psychologies & Assumptions About
Culture,
Human Nature, & Relationship Between
Self & Society
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Assumptions About Human Nature |
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Innately aggressive, selfish |
Innately benevolent,
constructive, moral |
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Assumptions About Culture |
Unnecessary, Overly-Repressive |
Not a logical possibility: if humans are aggressive &
selfish by nature, then civilization requires a repressive culture |
Discourse
of Liberation: self must be set free from externally-imposed moral demands
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Essential for Morality, Order, Identity |
Discourse
of Adaptation: Repression is necessary if we are to have civilized society
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No social action required: allow selves to develop according
to their own natural propensities |
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