Menninger deftly led the reader from \u201cfree will\u201d to \u201csymptom\u201d.\u00a0 A \u201csymptom\u201d is may be a sign of \u201cillness\u201d or a sign of \u201ccoping with illness\u201d.<\/p>\n
What is the nature of the \u201cdis-ease\u201d?\u00a0 Menninger presents two drives that make life hard (92).<\/p>\n
The first drive inspires us to make bad choices.\u00a0 Many of our choices start as pluses in the short run and end up as minuses in the long run.\u00a0 In many ways, these choices have the feel of self-punishment.\u00a0 As in, \u201cI knew that I should not do it, but \u2026\u201d.<\/p>\n
The second drive inspires us to avoid bad consequences; that is, to choose the lesser of two evils.\u00a0 In many ways, these avoidances have the feel of self-preservation, even though they inevitably increase risk.\u00a0 As in, \u201cIf I tried to solve the problem, I would have to pay the price.\u00a0 So I just kicked the can down the road.\u201d<\/p>\n
Perhaps, the two drives could be called, \u201cseek pleasure; avoid pain\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Menninger deftly led the reader from \u201cfree will\u201d to \u201csymptom\u201d.\u00a0 A \u201csymptom\u201d is may be a sign of \u201cillness\u201d or a sign of \u201ccoping with illness\u201d. What is the nature of the \u201cdis-ease\u201d?\u00a0 Menninger presents two drives that make life hard (92). The first drive inspires us to make bad choices.\u00a0 Many of our choices […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-science-of-original-sin"],"yoast_head":"\n