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0062 When I re-articulate Domning’s foundational diagram (figure 10.1) using the development of the term, “selfishness”; I end up making the same points that Domning makes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 18<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

0063 When I re-articulate Domning’s foundational diagram using the components of the term, “concupiscence”; I end up with a scenario that is completely different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 19<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

0064 In fact, my technical definitions of cupid <\/em>(B’), concupiditas <\/em>(C’) and concupiscence<\/em> (D’) appear to be inversions of traditional definitions of the same words<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More on that, later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0065 Right now, I want to dwell on the idea that the self is what ought to be,<\/em> imbued with secondness, in an innate judgment.   Because what ought to be<\/em> is assigned to the category of secondness, it becomes an actuality, the internal self (B) and the external cupid (B’).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0066 Domning warns against reductionism in chapter eight, on evolution and human behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0067 For example, the claim that our somatic selves exist only to perpetuate our “selfish” DNA is a contemporary popular reduction.  It is technically correct, since our somatic selves<\/em> are adaptations into the niche of perpetuating DNA through self-preservation and reproductive success<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, this reduction is misleading, since this reduction is used to veil later ultimate niches, such as the one that encourages the adaptations of sea cows<\/em> and the one that encourages the adaptations of hominins<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0068 Similarly, my claim that our somatic selves<\/em> are really adaptations into<\/em> the niche of triadic relations<\/em> and that our perceptions of our own somatic selves<\/em> are adaptations into the potential of judgment,<\/em> is also reductionist and technically correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, this reduction is revealing, because it shows that original selfishness does not “evolve” into the self.  Rather, original selfishness is what is,<\/em> the self is what ought to be,<\/em> and consolidation is the relation<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The word, “consolidation”, is composed of “con-” (with), “solid” (a state of matter) and “-ation” (the process of becoming).  Consolidation3<\/sub> transforms the potential of diverse exhibitions of the emphatic, I-myself1<\/sub><\/em> (A), into the solidity of a unitary self2<\/sub> (B).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0069 In human evolution, the ability to make this judgment<\/em> increases self-preservation and enhances reproductive success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, the ability does not derive from self-preservation and reproductive success, per se.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ability derives from the realness of immaterial triadic relations<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0070 The masterwork, The Human Niche<\/em>, changes the landscape beneath Domning’s argument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Domning separates the universal and moral realities of original sin, using terminology that supports a re-conceptualization of original sin<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here, I repeat Domning’s procedure with different terminology and end up supporting a re-conceptualization of Aquinas’s notion of original justice<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the topic of the next blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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