It is been proved scientifically that human beings are evolved from animals in various aspects like bipedalism (walking in two legs), large and complex brain, ability to make and use tools, ability to understand language, symbolic expression, art etc. along with these traits human behaviour is also considered to evolve with time. The human behavioral evolution is nothing but the evolution of morality, restraining individual's selfishness and building more co-operative groups. For any social species, the benefits of being part of an altruistic group should outweigh the benefits of individualism. In that scenario Man is a social animal and we are considered to be the most evolved species. So, it is necessary for a human being to show the maximum evolution of morality in our behaviour and mannerisms. But do you think we have evolved morally in our behavioral aspects?? May be, May not be. Why do I have this confusion when science proves that human behaviour has evolved morally?? Evolution of morality is a system of ideas about right and wrong conduct. I do agree the act of right and wrong are abstract, what sounds right to one person may sound wrong to the other. But still certain basic things are considered wrong irrespective of the circumstances, individuals and perspectives of the situation and one such act is "Honour Killing" (act of killing people to maintain their social status). I am unable to call from my memory when the act of killing has become an honour. In my perspective even animals will not do this outrageous act of killing their own species. Hence I am not sure how can we claim that we have evolved ethically when compared to animals??
According to the psychology, the complex human behaviour is composed of three elements of personality known as Id, Ego and SuperEgo. The Id is driven by the pleasure principle, which makes all efforts to fulfill the desires, needs and wants by any means. However, it is not always possible to be ruled by the pleasure principle as it leads to disruptive social setup. Ego develops from Id and ensures that the impulses of the id can be expressed in manner accepted by the real world. Ego is based on the reality principle which strives to satisfy the desires of Id in realistic and socially acceptable ways. The last component of personality is the superego. The superego is the aspect of personality that holds all our moral standards and ideals that we acquire from both parents and society, the sense of right and wrong. Human who are supposedly evolved in their Superego component of rational thinking and
mannerism doesn't even think before assaulting their opposite gender. We hear a lot of rape cases starting from
the Delhi gang rape till now or even before. They behave like a violent animal
that lost its senses. A Strong
animal attack the less strong animal E.g. Lion attacks deer, this is an animal
behavior. In some or the other scenarios we human also attack the weaker people
(weaker by whatever means) and derive pleasure out of it or de-stress
ourselves.
Considering another scenario, What runs through your mind when you see a
pizza delivery guy rushing in a road with high-speed? At first thought, I felt,
what is the necessity to rush so fast? What if something happens to him or the
people around in the road? On second thoughts, I understand that people scream
at him if he delivers late and that is the reason for him to rush. In several
scenarios top class (person who is little above in the social status) shouts at
the pizza delivery guy or the waiter in the hotel for a little delay in their
service. Considering the traffic and the preparation time it is fine if he
delivers late by 15 or 20 minutes. I don’t see any necessity to screech at him.
We claim that we have evolved from animals
in all possible ways but I don’t think we have evolved a lot from animals at
least in the moral behavioural aspects. Sometimes animals behave better than human
beings in my perspective :(
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