每日短文 DAY 286
Jealousyand anger, for example, may have evolved to alertus to important inequalities.Too much happiness can be destructive.
And guilt, by promptingus to think more deeply about our goodness, can encourage humans to make up for errors and fix relationships. Guilt, in other words, can help hold a cooperative species together. It is a kind of social glue.
Jealousy [ˈdʒeləsi]
n.嫉妒
inequalit y [ˌɪnɪˈkwɒləti ]
n.不平等,不均
destructive [dɪˈstrʌktɪv ]
adj.引起破坏的,毁灭性的
prompt [prɒmpt ]
v.促使,导致
cooperative [kəʊˈɒpərətɪv ]
adj.合作的,协作的
例如嫉妒和愤怒可能会演变为警示,让我们注意到重大的不平等现象。过多的快乐也可能具有破坏性。
而内疚感,通过促使我们更深入地思考人性之善,可以鼓励人们去弥补过错并修复关系。換句话说,内疚感有助于让一个合作性的种族团结起来。它是一种社会黏合剂 。返回搜狐,查看更多