Pamper us, and we may instead seek strength. Hire us, and we usually work hard. Love us, and we are fulfilled. Deny us, and we seek. Put us in cities, and we try to enjoy life.
Society is a great composite picture of our power to harm.
Society is also a great composite picture of our ability to do good. Art, culture, philosophy, order, and religion have all been used to tame the tiger within us. They have been used as expressions of the common good. As noble as these thoughts were, none of these civilizers civilized. Something more is needed if we are to come out of the wilderness we are in.