2006-08-10 14:29:31 · 10 answers · asked by Red Yeti 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
We naked apes like to think we're far removed from the beasts, but we're a lot closer to them than we'd like to admit. Most humans are still ruled by their emotions just like animals, and prone to the same tribalism, territoriality, and violence against our own species. We are clever in the tools we devise, but still quite primitive in our politics, religions, and institutions.
Once controlling our emotions and thinking rationally become our usual mode of thought, rather than the exception, then we will finally have started to mature as a species and truly set ourselves apart from the animals.
2006-08-10 15:55:37 · answer #1 · answered by R[̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]ution 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes there is a point when anyone can become an animal and be taken over by madness . everyone has a limit , just beg u never reach it or that nobody push u on that direction and you'll be OK .
i also agree whit Cherokee the force of a mother seeing their children in danger can be fatal and i would frankly would not want to be in front of an angry female trying to protect her children from me ( not that i would ever dare trying to harm a child :) ...) .
i also see the point of the others although saying that an animal is not capable of wanting revenge is pure speculation . to know for sure we would have to speak and understand completely what they think and what they do what they do and as i write we are not capable of that right now .
animals are capable of having the most human emotions and i think we would be really surprised if we could really know for sure how they feel . perhaps they might not be capable of revenge but that doesn't mean they may not feel like it sometimes , nobody knows for sure or do we??? :) .
2006-08-10 21:53:31 · answer #2 · answered by game over loves evanescence 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What makes you think that revenge is a primal urge. Beasts have no good or evil. It's eat or be earen and fight or flight. Human emotion can negate reason.
2006-08-10 22:43:41 · answer #3 · answered by GJ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course. What separates us from the beast is our ability to control those beastly urges. Whether that be sexual or emotional, the level of control that we have differs between men. While there may be those who can totally suppress their primal urges, I have never seen the man who did not occasionally get pushed to the limit.
2006-08-10 21:39:36 · answer #4 · answered by united9198 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Revenge doesn't exist in the wild. If a hyena tries to steal food from a lion, the lion chases it away. As soon as the threat is gone it's forgotten. The lion doesn't sit up at night thinking about killing the hyena's mate or anything like that.
In my experience, only animals the interact with humans seek revenge. Dogs,cats, and milk cows are known to get back at their owners. They probably learned it from us.
2006-08-11 00:46:41 · answer #5 · answered by Jay 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is only man and woman that have revenge as well as reason to any extreme degree anyway. It takes reason to build a need for revenge.
2006-08-10 23:37:37 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Bodhisattva 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hell yeah!Let someone mess with one of your precious children,I know I would rip their heart out and eat it for breakfast!I would not care if I served life in prison,I would feel good about guarding my kids!
2006-08-10 21:35:59 · answer #7 · answered by Cherokee 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about revenge but how about survival?
2006-08-11 00:35:27 · answer #8 · answered by mochi.girl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
of course...our courtrooms and prisons are full of examples.
2006-08-10 23:57:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
religious fundamentalism?
2006-08-10 21:34:02 · answer #10 · answered by drakke1 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋