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Originally Posted by roachboy
hmm.
i do not think human beings have very much in the way of innate tendencies...aversion to pain, very basic biofunctions--everything else develops in/through interaction with the social context (family, bigger world) that one is thrown into. more like piaget outlines than traditional philosophy.
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I can't agree with you there...and I think you might have inadvertanly proven my point.
Would you agree that human beings
are innately
social animals? It seems to me that this implies a heiarchy of leadership, maybe not in theory but certainly in practice. Why is that? I'm saying that its because humans (in general) do not want to be responsible for themselves. They'd much rather follow the direction of another. Further, I'd say that if you removed another human trait, greed, from the equation - then you'd probably have a hard time finding leaders!
I realize that this is getting (or has the potential) to get WAY out of hand. If I had the time (and the talent) to put this in a logical coherent form, I'd publish a book.
Its the dialog that keeps me on track, but I'm willing to follow this out as long as anyone else is.
