> Many people are their worst enemies... True. > ... and the sole path to wellness is to fight their impulsions and following external guidance, personalized

> Many people are their worst enemies... True. > ... and the sole path to wellness is to fight their impulsions and following external guidance, personalized or general social pressure. That won't work. There's too much out there, too many people saying too many things. There is some external guidance and social pressure that will point in helpful directions, and there is plenty that won't. (For example, think of beer ads that try to make it "socially cool" to be drinking.) For that matter, people have different impulses, too. Some need to be fought against, and some should be encouraged. So people need something more than their impulses, and something more than society. They need some kind of standard, maybe even some kind of morals. (Maybe that's what you meant by "external guidance"?)