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0444 So, is the era of individual intentionality<\/em> truly Machiavellian?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No, the adjective, “Machiavellian”, does not qualify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For one, Machiavelli writes in our current Lebenswelt<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For two, the previous blog shows me that the behavioral and cognitive traits of the era of individual intentionality,<\/em> when transubstantiated in our current Lebenswelt<\/em> through a late-modern critique of power2H<\/sub><\/em> and affiliation2V<\/sub><\/em>, recast these terms into awareness2H<\/sub> <\/em>and tribalism2V<\/sub><\/em>, thereby reallocating the two pillars of human morality<\/em> (as noted by early-modern philosopher, David Hume), fairness1V<\/sub> and justice1H<\/sub>, into the expert-defined possibilities of alienation1V<\/sub> and resentment1H<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0445 “Reallocate”?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, that is what postmodern theorists mandate the state to do<\/em>.  Reallocate cooperation1b<\/sub><\/em> from historical foundations1a<\/sub><\/em> to late-modern, theoretically defined foundations1a<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0446 Hmmm.  That makes me wonder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where do Hume’s two pillars<\/em> appear in the following intersection,<\/em> applying to the era of individual intentionality?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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0447 To me, ‘justice’<\/em> associates to ‘one’s kin as well as one’s hierarchical status’1H<\/sub><\/em>.  What?  Is that not a selection pressure identified by evolutionary anthropologists?<\/em>  Yes, it is.  Note how well this selection pressure fits into the slot1H<\/sub>otherwise labeled, “potential of place in hierarchy1H<\/sub>“.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, ‘fairness’ <\/em>associates to ‘mutualism and reciprocity’1V<\/sub><\/em>.  Yes, that is another selection pressure identified by evolutionary anthropologists<\/em>.  Note how well this selection pressure fits into the slot1V<\/sub> otherwise labeled, “potential of having others on my side1V<\/sub>“.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0448 What does this imply?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Justice1H<\/sub>” and “fairness1V<\/sub>” are already values in the era of individual intentionality<\/em>.  However, these values do not correspond to what people,<\/em> in our current Lebenswelt, think that they ought to mean.<\/em>  They correspond to selection pressures identified by evolutionary anthropologists<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Struggles between power2H<\/sub> and affiliation2V<\/sub> play out among family (5) and friends (5) within a band (50).  The band2b<\/sub> is the group selected for<\/em> in a tropical environment and ecology3b<\/sub> in order to afford protection from predators1b<\/sub>.  Each individual can forage on his or her own.  But, to go off alone is a death sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0449 Here is a picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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