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Originally Posted by Angela  What higher purpose, exactly, is served by worrying?
How, precisely, does worrying contribute to the welfare of the pedestrian you just hit with your car? |
Well, obviously worrying can serve a preliminary preventative purpose.
And that particular unpleasant emotion can be associated with the act of hitting a pedestrian with a car, an admittedly bad thing, making a reocurrence very unlikely.
I think it is just that the death of another should impact the killer in some sort of negative way. Of course, I'm of the belief that justice can and should go beyond the realm of preventative action.
@Asmoday
Why do you think that worrying is simply something we imitate? There is a very real possibility that worrying is in fact inherent. There are many inherent characteristics and instincts present in both humans and animals that do not manifest themselves until much later in life, so why assume that worrying doesn't fit into this category?