>I'm not sure Law is a good counter-example. Sure, it tends to prevent us
>from giving in to vengeance urges etc., but that is certainly due in part
>to our wanting to avoid the punishment that most legal systems have backing
>them up. And Law also plays on our desire for justice and "fair-play",
True. How is this an objection?
>especially for ourselves. I think this desire was discussed at length in
>_The Moral Animal_, from the standpoint of it being deeply ingrained in our
>nature.
>
>What aspects of Law do you think fight human nature?
For every crime there is an aspect of human nature behind the crime.
-- David McFadzean david@lucifer.com Memetic Engineer http://www.lucifer.com/~david/ Church of Virus http://www.lucifer.com/virus/