What are we studying: Why is it legitimate to be good to yourself?
What's new: How can a human know his essence according to the teachings of Socrates?
What are we learning: How can a human love himself according to the teachings of Jesus?
1. My 15 years of education from the age of seven was aimed at me being good for society and becoming a person (10 years of school and 5 years of higher education) and not being an egoist (good for myself) (Author).
2. To be good for society. No matter what civilized country a human lives in, he must necessarily go through the process of education. It will always be aimed at cultivating a human's love for his homeland, history, victories, heroes, outstanding personalities, art, achievements in science, and various sectors of the economy. There is nothing worthy of censure in such an attitude of the state towards its citizens. Without education, no human can contribute positively to a civilized society by utilizing its cultural achievements. Similarly, it is equally true that an individual cannot thrive without self-education to make use of the cultural achievements of their uniqueness.
3. To be good for oneself. By being educated, a human can be more good for themselves and society (III fr. 15. 1–3). Modern education in Western culture is based on knowledge that reflects the evolutionary theory of the development of the world. Thus, the formation of a person occurs within the framework of the development of his "animal" essence. In other words, the possibilities and abilities of a person are reduced to the level of natural selection, adaptation (adjustment), instincts, and reflexes. Is it possible to love oneself, proceeding from the "animal" essence? [1, 2].
4. Animal or human? Since religion was separated from the state, Darwin's evolutionary theory has become the main doctrine of the origin of humans. As a result, both secular education and the entire science of man (anthropology) together with other sciences, including psychology, develop based only on the position that man is a species of the genus Homo from the family of hominids in the order of primates. American psychologist Noel Smith * in his textbook "Modern Systems of Psychology" characterized the modern level of development of all sixteen theoretical systems of psychology at the turn of the 20th–21st centuries. There, as the second historical basis for the development of the science of psychology, he cites Charles Darwin's theory of biological evolution as a "fundamental scientific achievement."
* Noel W. Smith is a professor of psychology at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. He received his Ph.D. from Indiana University. He was elected a fellow of the American Psychological Association and held positions in the American Association of University Professors.
5. The basis for the development of psychology. Explaining the essence of modern evolutionary psychology, Noel Smith shows that its basis is the principle of natural selection and the instincts that control human behavior [3]. In the book "Evolutionary Psychology: The Secrets of Homo Sapiens Behavior" (authors: Jack Palmer and Linda Palmer), human behavior and all mental processes occurring in it are considered exclusively from the standpoint of Darwin's evolutionary theory.
• "After all, the fundamental principle of evolutionary psychology is that humans, like any other animal, have behavioral predispositions that have formed in the course of evolution. The latter are the result of long-term adaptive evolution. They exist because the behavior they cause generally increases the survival and/or reproduction of those who possess these traits" (italics author) (Palmer D., Palmer L. 2003) [2].
Thus, one cannot expect an understanding of the category of love from a psychology formed based on human behavior, "like any other animal" [1, 2, 4]. If a human perceives himself as the only and unique creation of God on earth, then his possibilities and abilities are not limited to the animal essence (V fr. 6. 5, 7-10). Having perceived his essence as unique, a human can gain knowledge on how to become good for himself.
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