Are You Using Reason Versus the Passions?

Froud: We have certain instinctal drives that affect our behaviour. Nobody ever acts on these instincts 100% of the time, he says. But part of being a human being is using this capacity to reason and subordinate passions. Froud: The only thing that separates you from all the other animals out there is that you have a choice. You can use our ability to reason to choose not to act on instinct.