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From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Newsgroups: net.philosophy
Subject: Re: THe Moral Value of Conformity
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Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 00:16:02 EDT
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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.
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				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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