--- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote:
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> From the perspective of an 'ultimate natural source', the potential for
> anger, greed, lust and so on exist in humans, because these traits over
> the millennia have enhanced Darwinian fitness.
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> "Natural selection is the process by which traits become more or less
> common in a population due to consistent effects upon the survival or
> reproduction of their bearers. It is a key mechanism of evolution."
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> Human ability to anger is embedded in the deep structure of the human
> brain - the Limbic System, as it has significant reproductive fitness
> enhancing tendencies (when not misused.) Hence the difficulty humans
> face when attempting to 'control' or 'erase' anger.
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> In short, from a this-worldly perspective, (appropriate) anger is normal
> and natural in humans, for, when allowed to be expressed sparingly, it
> can contribute to individual human interest, to family interest, or to
> group interest.
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> --ED
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Hi ED. I agree with you on this. I certainly don't think that people
should never be angry when it is appropriate to the situation. What I am really
talking about are pervasive conditioned patterns of response across the board.
For Aversion types, even when they are not angry, there is still a subtle urge
to push away, and escape from, people, places and things. Anger is sometimes
perfectly appropriate, imo. If I see a child being abused, I will certainly
allow the quite appropriate anger to energize my appropriate response to
protect the child. IMO.
Steve
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