Love or Morality?

LOVE OR MORALITY is a concise study on the roots of violence. The author shows in a step-by-step approach that is intelligible also to the lay reader that violence as a 'negative pleasure function' is by and large the result of a functional distortion of the human energy field.What distinguishes this study is that it presents research evidence for the bioenergetic roots of violence demonstrating that the historical turndown of the human pleasure function through the replacement of genuine erotic loving attraction by moralism and love prohibitions resulted in an upsurge of violence because all desire we repress and deny turns against us; then, the vital energy that feeds desire reverses its polarity and becomes demonic. In addition, the author reviews research on early tactile deprivation that shows the importance of early tactile pleasure in infancy and childhood for the development of the neurointegrative brain and the learning of peaceful, affectionate behaviors. All research points to the undeniable fact that violence is learnt, not inborn, and not part of natural human behavior, a response of the biosystem to the denial of pleasure in whatever form it occurs. As such, the author argues, violence really is a collective perversion in all societies that replaced genuine erotic attraction with the moralistic distinction of love into 'erós' and 'agapé'. The study contains a draft bill that abolishes criminal prosecution of all sexual behaviors, grants children the right for free-choice relations, and allows intergenerational sex without for that matter giving a license to the cause of pedophilia. The bill also provides a form of state-trusted consultancy for cases where physical or sexual violence was used against a child. The last chapter presents an articulate 12-Points Agenda with distinct proposals for effectively reducing violence to a minimum while promoting and encouraging pleasure-seeking behaviors both in children and adults.