Friday, February 22, 2008

HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE REAL MOTIVATION BEHIND THE HUMAN BEHAVIOR?

What is celibacy?
Celibacy refers either to being unmarried or to sexual abstinence.
The Roman Catholic Church maintains laws mandating Clerical celibacy as a requirement for priests. The monastic orders of Hindu and Buddhist traditions mandate Clerical celibacy as well.
What is the reason for that? We as PR gurus need to distinguish between the proclaimed reason and the real reason. The proclaimed reason for celibacy is something like 'spiritual life', maintaining high 'spiritual demands' etc.
And really? Historically, churches, abbeys, monasteries did not want the priests and the monks to have heirs of their own. All the priest's property must return to the church, not to his family.

So, to understand the real motivation behind the human behavior, we need to analyze the economic motivation.

2 comments:

  1. Jacob,
    What about celibacy? Do you believe this reason (as heirs, property) for celibacy is existent even today?

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  2. Edwin,
    I mean first of all the historical reasons. Today the situation may be slightly more complicated.

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