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Jules asked:
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A problem for desire satisfaction theories of the (non-moral) good is that some desires are plainly
bad. A desire to smoke, or drink excessively, commit crimes, lead to undesirable consequences lung
failure, heart failure, curtailment of freedom. These desires seem to persist even when we have full
information of their possible consequences. My question is what is the best way to make sense of
desires that are harmful, and can evolutionary psychology help?
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You might look up the literature on "acrasia" or the original (Anglified) Greek: "akrasia". There is also
quite a bit of recent literature on prefrontal development, and how it is incomplete in adolescence until
the early 20s. The prefrontal lobes are mainly responsible for self-regulation and ethics. As far as the
EP perspective goes, you can clearly question the delay between the interactions between
reinforcement and limbic circuitry, and prefrontal inhibitory effects. Is it advantageous to have such
prolonged development? It may have been unavoidable, given the size of the human brain and head
vs. the pelvic opening in women. Perhaps in addition the ease of misleading youth into becoming
followers was functional for the preservation of tribes. But that's just speculation on my part.
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Steven Ravett Brown
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