POL SCI 119 Lecture 16: Lec 8.2
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Emotional energy towards fake things > can"t spend energy w/o pulling from real world or real people, but still feel morally satisfied with yourself. People won"t follow the law if they"re not emotionally invested in it. If laws or values are far from what people want to do. Know what the best ideal is and who the people are that you"re working with. With people you love > love of partner (family) > dependence > love of regard. We will always be compared to everyone around us, comparisons come from living with other people. Civilization uses laws and morality taking the place of pity. Actors: play roles, people who spend all their time imitating other people, models, aspire to. Individual things become a part of greater people of the whole. If your culture or society praises or enforces these things not good. Energy attention and effort that could be going towards other things.
