首页
登录
职称英语
Imagine a world in which there was suddenly no emotion a world in which huma
Imagine a world in which there was suddenly no emotion a world in which huma
游客
2024-06-09
13
管理
问题
Imagine a world in which there was suddenly no emotion a world in which human beings could feel no love or happiness, no terror or hate. Try to imagine the consequences of such a transformation. People might not be able to stay alive: Knowing neither joy nor pleasure, anxiety nor fear, they would be as likely to repeat acts that hurt them as acts that were beneficial. They could not learn: They could not benefit from experience because this emotionless world would lack rewards and punishments. Society would soon disappear: People would be as likely to harm one another as to provide help and support. Human relationships would not exist: In a world without friends or enemies, there Could be no marriage, affection among companions, or bonds among members of groups. Society’s economic underpinnings (支柱) would be destroyed: Since earning $10 million would be no more pleasant than earning $10, there would be no incentive to work. In fact, there would be no incentives of any kind. For as we will see, incentives imply a capacity to enjoy them.
In such a world, the chances that the human species would survive are next to zero, because emotions are the basic instrument of our survival and adaptation. Emotions structure the world for us in important ways. As individuals, we categorize objects on the basis of our emotions. True, we consider the length, shape, size, or texture, but an object’s physical aspects are less important than what it has done or can do to us hurt us, surprise us, anger us or make us joyful. We also use categorizations colored by emotions in our families, communities, and overall society. Out of our emotional experiences with objects and events comes a social feeling of agreement that certain things and actions are "good" and others are "bad", and we apply these categories to every aspect of our social life from what foods we eat and what clothes we wear to how we keep promises and which people our group will accept. In fact, society exploits our emotional reactions and attitudes, such as loyalty, morality, pride, shame, guilt, fear and greed, in order to maintain itself. It gives high rewards to individuals who perform important tasks such as surgery, makes heroes out of individuals for unusual or dangerous achievements such as flying fighter planes in a war, and uses the legal and penal (刑法的) system to make people afraid to engage in antisocial acts. [br] Human beings could not benefit from experience in an emotionless world due to its lack of______.
选项
答案
rewards and punishments
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3626011.html
相关试题推荐
Imagineaworldinwhichtherewassuddenlynoemotionaworldinwhichhuma
Imagineaworldinwhichtherewassuddenlynoemotionaworldinwhichhuma
Imagineeatingeverythingdeliciousyouwant-withnoneofthefat.Thatwou
Imagineeatingeverythingdeliciousyouwant-withnoneofthefat.Thatwou
ManypeopleimaginethatAlzheimer’sdisease(早老性痴呆病),thedegenerativediso
ManypeopleimaginethatAlzheimer’sdisease(早老性痴呆病),thedegenerativediso
ManypeopleimaginethatAlzheimer’sdisease(早老性痴呆病),thedegenerativediso
ManypeopleimaginethatAlzheimer’sdisease(早老性痴呆病),thedegenerativediso
ManypeopleimaginethatAlzheimer’sdisease(早老性痴呆病),thedegenerativediso
ManypeopleimaginethatAlzheimer’sdisease(早老性痴呆病),thedegenerativediso
随机试题
Overthepasttenyears,naturalgasproductionhasremainedsteady,but______ha
[originaltext]W:Lookhere,darling,thepapersayspeopletendtofeelunwell
某小学数学老师将教学目标定为“能用手势比划出1平方厘米.1平方分米的实际大小”,
多发性大动脉炎的典型临床表现为A、上下肢收缩压差>50mmHg B、皮肤结节
幼儿园体育的重要目标是( )。A.组织形式多样的体育活动 B.培养幼儿对体育
如图所示,理想变压器原线圈匝数为n1,两个副线圈匝数分别为n2和n3,且n1:n
股票具有的特征包括()。 Ⅰ.收益性 Ⅱ.流动性 Ⅲ.参与性 Ⅳ.永久性
Thechangeinthatvillagewasmiraculou
下列关于人体消化系统及消化过程的叙述,正确的有A.小肠是吸收食物营养的主要部位
下列最易发生脱位的关节是A:肩关节 B:髋关节 C:膝关节 D:肘关节
最新回复
(
0
)