Factors Within Ourselves Which Influence Our Decisions And Behavior
Students will be able to:
- distinguish needs from drives/ desires/ wants
- differentiate between human procreation and animal reproduction
- recognize that humans have control over the sex drive and can learn as they mature to sublimate the sex drive in constructive ways, to become "other-centered" instead of "self-centered"
- distinguish love from infatuation
- distinguish sexual freedom from sexual impulsiveness
- describe in their own words the relationship between true freedom and responsibility to other people, to society, and to ourselves (PRIORITY H)
I Need It– I Want It: What's the Difference?
Needs/Drives
Wants/Desires
Sexual Impulsiveness/ Sexual Freedom
Self-control leads to true freedom
Self-control = "Other" centered
Sexual impulsiveness = "Self" centered