The Theory of Guilt, Sham and Anxiety

Theories of guilt shame and anxiety are mechanisms for social control. They were necessary because human beings, because they're so intelligent, they're capable of incredible damage. He makes the point that humans are both the most loving creatures and also the most violent of the mammals. And we as a species kind of have to grow up from using this kind of primitive method of control to using our reason to actually think through these things, he says.