Understanding the Human Psyche (Via The Division of Labour) A | Human Nature

Understanding the Human Psyche (Via The Division of Labour)

All psychological activities are dominated by two major tendencies. These two tendencies, social feeling and individual striving for power and dominance, influence every human activity and color the attitude of all individuals in their pursuit of security and fulfillment of life's three great challenges: love, work, and social relationships. If we want to understand the human psyche, we must become skilled at investigating the quantitative and qualitative relationships between these two factors when investigating the workings of the psyche. The interdependence of these factors influences the degree to which individuals comprehend the logic of communal life, and thus the degree to which they are capable of subordinating themselves to the division of labor that grows out of the requirements of that communal life.

The division of labor is critical to the survival of human society. Everyone, at some point or another, must contribute. Anyone who does not contribute, who denies the value of communal life, is anti-social and avoids human fellowship. In such cases, we speak of egotism, malice, self-centeredness, and trouble-making. In more complicated cases, we see eccentrics, slackers, and criminals. Public condemnation of these traits stems from an understanding of their origins, a sense that they are incompatible with the demands of social life. Any person's worth is thus determined by their attitude toward their fellow humans and the extent to which they participate in the division of labor that communal life necessitates. Their acceptance of this communal life makes them important to other people, a link in the great chain that binds society together. Individuals' social standing is determined by their abilities. Because the desire for power and dominance has introduced false values into the normal division of labor, much confusion has clouded this simple truth. This desire for power and dominance has distorted the overall pattern and provided us with a false foundation for judging human values.

The fact that the human race is made up of both men and women leads to a different type of division of labor. Women have been barred from participating in certain activities for purely physical reasons, while men have been denied certain tasks because they may be better employed elsewhere. This division of labor should have been implemented fairly. Women's emancipation movements, when able to look at the issue objectively, have accepted the logic of this point of view. The goal of division of labor is not to deprive women of their femininity or to disrupt natural male-female relationships. Ideally, we should all be given the opportunity to do the things for which we are best suited. This division of labor has evolved over time in such a way that women have taken over certain tasks to allow men to function more effectively elsewhere. We cannot condemn this division of labor as long as it is carried out fairly and without exploitation of skills or resources.

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