0444 So, is the era of individual intentionality truly Machiavellian?

No, the adjective, “Machiavellian”, does not qualify.

For one, Machiavelli writes in our current Lebenswelt.

For two, the previous blog shows me that the behavioral and cognitive traits of the era of individual intentionality, when transubstantiated in our current Lebenswelt through a late-modern critique of power_2H and affiliation_2V, recast these terms into awareness_2H and tribalism_2V, thereby reallocating the two pillars of human morality (as noted by early-modern philosopher, David Hume), fairness_1V and justice_1H, into the expert-defined possibilities of alienation_1V and resentment_1H.

0445 “Reallocate”?

Yes, that is what postmodern theorists mandate the state to do.  Reallocate cooperation_1b from historical foundations_1a to late-modern, theoretically defined foundations_1a.

0446 Hmmm.  That makes me wonder.

Where do Hume’s two pillars appear in the following intersection, applying to the era of individual intentionality?

0447 To me, ‘justice’ associates to ‘one’s kin as well as one’s hierarchical status’_1H.  What?  Is that not a selection pressure identified by evolutionary anthropologists?  Yes, it is.  Note how well this selection pressure fits into the slot_1Hotherwise labeled, “potential of place in hierarchy_1H“.

Also, ‘fairness’ associates to ‘mutualism and reciprocity’_1V.  Yes, that is another selection pressure identified by evolutionary anthropologists.  Note how well this selection pressure fits into the slot_1V otherwise labeled, “potential of having others on my side_1V“.

0448 What does this imply?

“Justice_1H” and “fairness_1V” are already values in the era of individual intentionality.  However, these values do not correspond to what people, in our current Lebenswelt, think that they ought to mean.  They correspond to selection pressures identified by evolutionary anthropologists.

Struggles between power_2H and affiliation_2V play out among family (5) and friends (5) within a band (50).  The band_2b is the group selected for in a tropical environment and ecology_3b in order to afford protection from predators_1b.  Each individual can forage on his or her own.  But, to go off alone is a death sentence.

0449 Here is a picture.