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Generally speaking, laws are inventions of the superego designed to rein in the id when the superego is resting. We practice this on an individual level when ou
by nemo1618 10y ago
Generally speaking, laws are inventions of the superego designed to rein in the id when the superego is resting. We practice this on an individual level when our superego sets a goal and commits to it despite the protests of the id.
I think the bigger problem with what I suggested is that you have to trust someone else's superego to design good laws.
- CaptSpify 10y agoThat's kind of my point. I completely agree that humans are bad about making their own choices, but I don't think that taking choices away from them is the right answer either. IME, better education about those choices, and less pressures about those choices are the solutions.
- nemo1618 10y agoThat sounds well and good, but "better education" is a bit hand-wavey, isn't it? When we educate someone, aren't we, in a way, taking away their choice to do certain things? Sure, in principle they can still make completely free choices, but it is often very difficult to deviate from one's programming. Somewhere along the line, someone has to accept the responsibility for programming others. It's simply a fact of being human that your consciousness will be shaped by factors beyond your control. Maybe it's time for us to abandon the ideal of the Unconstrained Man and instead embrace the arbitrary.