 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
Most psycho-analysts make much of the sense of guilt or sin, which many of them seem to regard as innate. I cannot agree with them in this. I believe the psychological origin of the sense of guilt in the young to be fear of punishment or disapproval by parents or whoever is in authority. If a feeling of guilt is to result from punishment or disapproval, it is necessary, however, that authority should be respected, and not merely feared; where there is only fear, the natural reaction is an impulse to deceit or rebellion.
Source: Bertrand Russell: Human Society in Ethics and Politics, (1954), chapter 7：sin
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