Psychology for rule-following, functional brain science

All human motives are the same

Even with the same motive, actions can be completely opposite

Follow the rules

Break the rules

Why do they become opposite actions?

Mother Teresa and Hitler had the same motive, yet their actions were opposite

All human actions are driven by the pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain, by this motive

There are only two human motives

・To seek pleasure, to avoid pain

The first element of the human mind is the “ego”

Id: In Latin, literally “it”; in psychoanalysis, a fundamental concept regarding the structure of the personality.

The unconscious instinctual impulses, desires, and other sources of mental energy that humans are born with.

Ruled by the pleasure principle, seeking pleasure and avoiding displeasure.

There is a motive to obtain pleasure or to avoid displeasure when breaking the rules.