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%JUDGING DESIRES 770503
People often pass judgment upon basic human desires.
Such judgment presumes some standard of comparison. That
standard was itself created to fulfill some basic human
desire. Thus, the judgment of a basic human desire reveals
a tension, if not a conflict between human desires. Yet,
that tension is not manifested as being between basic
desires, but rather as being between a human desire and
some power which transcends human desire. It would be
helpful to expose those human desires which masquerade as
powers which transcend human desires. Technocrats of all
kinds tend to fulfill their desires at the expense of the
fulfillment of non-technical humane desires of non-
technically oriented persons. Technocrats tend to
represent their desires as originating in transcendent
powers, and tend to represent non-technocratic desires as
originating merely in human selfishness and uncivilized
instincts, where "civilized" means "technically
dominated".
For some people intellectual curiosity is their
dominant desire---and any other desire which impedes the
fulfillment of intellectual curiosity is regarded as a
base desire. For other people the enjoyment of sensual
fulfillment is the focus of their life---and being up-
tight about goals and objectives seems self-defeating.
Others compulsively seek to fulfill their desire for
social acceptance by unloving manipulative persons. Yet
others find their fulfillment in satisfying their body's
desire for physical activity. Anybody who judges others'
instinctive desires as base rather than basic, is a person
who promotes alienation through exclusiveness. To reject
our most basic instincts as maladaptive is presumptuous
and arrogant---attempting to replace the judgment of
hundreds of thousands of years, with the judgment of the
latest analytic fad. Such arrogance is not likely to be
adaptive---it will not promote the survival of the
arrogant judges or their supporters.
It is more helpful to provide healthy role models of
how to lovingly express basic desires; than it is to
attempt to legalistically regulate or repress basic
desires. Teaching by example is helpful, but it requires
that the teacher be experienced in giving loving
expression to basic desires. Those who fear their most
basic desires are thus unqualified to be helpful teachers.
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