IMO, Russell's idea here is reductionist and lacking a thorough examination of causality: >a motive which, I suppose, has its origin in a combination of fear w

IMO, Russell's idea here is reductionist and lacking a thorough examination of causality: >a motive which, I suppose, has its origin in a combination of fear with the desire for necessaries This quote barely and only begrudgingly touches on causality and only skirts with the idea that these "desires" are merely born out of dysfunction. I think that human behavior is much better explained by the NVC model of a complex matrix of human needs e.g. https://www.cnvc.org/training/resource/needs-inventory https://www.cnvc.org/training/resource/needs-inventory and that all dysfunctional behavior stems from poor strategies for meeting those needs.