James W. Prescott - Violence Quotes

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The issues of human violence and human pleasure are pivotal to any theory—scientific or religious—of moral behavior. Violence and pleasure are reciprocally related, that is, the presence of one inhibits the other, and certain critical early sensory experiences during the formative periods of development provide the neurobiological substrate and properties for either violence-seeking or pleasure-seeking behaviors.

James W. Prescott
The pleasure-prone personality has a low capacity and tolerance for violent-aggressive behaviors. Conversely, the violence and aggression prone personality has a low capacity and tolerance for pleasure and for sensuous behaviors. As one goes up, the other goes down.

James W. Prescott
Punitive-repressive attitudes toward extramarital sex are also linked with physical violence, personal crime, and the practice of slavery.

James W. Prescott
Certain sensory experiences during the formative periods of development will create a neuropsychological predisposition for either violence-seeking or pleasure-seeking behaviors later in life.

James W. Prescott
Laboratory experiments show that... When the brain's pleasure circuits are 'on,' the violence circuits are 'off,' and vice versa.

James W. Prescott
Recent research supports the point of view that the deprivation of physical pleasure is a major ingredient in the expression of physical violence.

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The deprivation of physical sensory pleasure is the principle root cause of violence.

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The world has only a limited time to change its custom of resolving conflicts violently. It is uncertain... how many future generations it will take to transform out psychobiology of violence into one of peace.

James W. Prescott
Unfortunately, violence is often offered as a solution to violence.

James W. Prescott
The causes of violence lie in our basic values and the way in which we bring up our children and youth.

James W. Prescott