"The reptilian brain, the oldest of the three, controls the body's vital functions such as heart rate, breathing, body temperature and balance. Our reptilian brain includes the main structures found in a reptile's brain: the brainstem and the cerebellum. The reptilian brain is reliable but tends to be somewhat rigid and compulsive." The Brain. McGill University.
But for the grace of our ancestors we wouldn't have choices. We would be operating on compulsion. Respect for our selves also includes respect for life. When that is dismissed ultimately what you have is death camps. People torturing others because they don't have a choice or they don't know what else to do.
"But if, argued Parfit, I can have reason to take care of my future self (by not drinking copious whisky, say, even if to do so is my greatest immediate desire), then I can also have reason to take care of other people, even if I now feel strongly disinclined to." Obituary, Guardian.
This is obvious right? So why do many talk as though we must make ourselves more lizard like to fit the current theologies of economics.
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