Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site psivax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!qantel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!psivax!friesen From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Newsgroups: net.philosophy Subject: Re: THe Moral Value of Conformity Message-ID: <734@psivax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 00:16:02 EDT Article-I.D.: psivax.734 Posted: Tue Sep 17 00:16:02 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 21-Sep-85 05:30:21 EDT References: <1622@pyuxd.UUCP> <1472@umcp-cs.UUCP> <1647@pyuxd.UUCP> <97@l5.uucp> Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA Lines: 18 In article <97@l5.uucp> laura@l5.UUCP (Laura Creighton) writes: >Rich, I don't see how you can say the reason people conform is due to >societal pressures and the like. Clearly, that is *a* reason, but there >seem to be others. Almost all existing groups profess a set of values. > And I can add another very important reason. Humans and our immediate ancestors have been socially oriented animals for millions of years, living in "packs", "troups", or "tribes" as a rule. We thus have all the instincts and emotional desires of a social animal. We have emotional "needs" for reassurance, affirmation and so forth. We tend to view our own identity from a group perspective, we "know who we are" by what group we belong to. -- Sarima (Stanley Friesen) UUCP: {ttidca|ihnp4|sdcrdcf|quad1|nrcvax|bellcore|logico}!psivax!friesen ARPA: ttidca!psivax!friesen@rand-unix.arpa Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com