Comments on: Individualism denies civilization http://www.amerika.org/social-reality/individualism-denies-civilization/ New Right, Conservationist, Traditionalist, Deep Ecology and Conservative Thought: Conservation Conservatism (Crunchy Paleoconservatism) Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:22:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stephen http://www.amerika.org/social-reality/individualism-denies-civilization/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Stephen Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:57:09 +0000 http://www.amerika.org/?p=1695#comment-150 I think you've missed the point a little. Rachels was saying that, for example, if a Neanderthal turned up out of the blue (from being preseved in a frozen lake, or somesuch) she should be treated by us in a way commensurate with her behaviour. Why, in such an instance, would we try to theorise about how Neanderthals as a species should be placed within our human culture. Why not just treat this individual neanderthal as an individual, rather the as a neanderthal per se. - "We are not kings who create ourselves, and control ourselves; we are servants to our nature." Yeah, sorta. But we ARE our nature. To say "you are controlled by your nature" is, in a way, to say "you are controlled by you". I think you’ve missed the point a little. Rachels was saying that, for example, if a Neanderthal turned up out of the blue (from being preseved in a frozen lake, or somesuch) she should be treated by us in a way commensurate with her behaviour. Why, in such an instance, would we try to theorise about how Neanderthals as a species should be placed within our human culture. Why not just treat this individual neanderthal as an individual, rather the as a neanderthal per se.

– “We are not kings who create ourselves, and control ourselves; we are servants to our nature.”

Yeah, sorta. But we ARE our nature. To say “you are controlled by your nature” is, in a way, to say “you are controlled by you”.

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