2024/3/12. Shame and Sin
Awareness of shame is an awareness of one's surrounding environment.
People who are not conscious of shame are not conscious of the gaze of those around them.
Consciousness of guilt is a consciousness of absolute power.
People who have no sense of guilt are not conscious of the gaze of the sky above them.
The consciousness of shame arises from a horizontal perspective, and the consciousness of guilt arises from a vertical perspective.
When you lose your sense of shame, it happens when you don't have to be conscious of how others look at you.
When you lose your sense of guilt, it happens when you don't have to be conscious of looking up and down.
A sense of shame develops in societies with weak hierarchical tendencies and societies that are close to equality.
A sense of guilt develops in societies where there is a strong tendency towards hierarchical society, or where there is close to inequality.
Egalitarian societies tend to be less religious, and unequal societies tend to be more religious.
In the transition from an equal society to an unequal society, religious beliefs become stronger.
The transition from an unequal society to an equal society weakens religious beliefs.
I also consider whether society will become richer or poorer.
When people become rich, their own relative status becomes important, and they tend to make comparisons with those around them, placing importance on relative evaluation.
When people become poor, their own absolute state becomes more important, they tend to seek material fulfillment, and they emphasize short-term perspectives.
Social transition |
Richer |
Poorer |
From inequality to equality |
(A) Stronger sense of shame and emphasis on relative evaluation |
(B) Feeling less ashamed and taking a short-term perspective |
From equality to inequality |
(C) Strong sense of guilt and emphasis on relative evaluation |
(D) Have a strong sense of guilt and take a short-term perspective |
In the future, Japanese society will not only become more aware of the upward and downward gaze, but also move from a short-term perspective.
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