“[ . . . ] the inclination to aggression is an original, self-subsisting instinctual disposition in man, and I return to my view [p.69] that it constitutes the greatest impediment to civilization” (Freud 81)
posted by Finny Forever @ 12:19 AM
Monday, June 26, 2006
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5 Comments:
actually it is a very necessary surrvival instinct....both physically and emotionally
yes but after a point - agression as a means to survival of one constitutes an impediment to the survival of another. (the principle of 'harm' in natural law.)
-Finny
also as a diy - note the distnctn btwn vice and harm:
“vices are those acts by which a man harms himself or his property…crimes are those acts by which a man harms the person or property of another.” (Spooner, Lysander “Vices are not Crimes” in the Lysander Spooner Reader
Interesting. Is the jungle cat's instinct to 'inflict harm' by killing a waterhog for dinner to survive unacceptable under 'natural law'.
The hunter is a kind of check upon the eco system without whom things will slip out of balance.
Natural Law applies only to humans.
But where degredation of the ecosystem amounts to harm to the existence and future xstnce of the h race, then again ...
-Finny
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