[MD] Sex, Rape and Law in a MOQ

[ARLO J BENSINGER JR]

[John]
Well if the individual had never, ever been exposed to any other, I don't
believe that individual would have any thoughts, feelings or being.
Individuality is a social creation and without that creation, does not exist.  

[Arlo]
Yes, agree. My point was simply that given this, IF (or WHICH) "emotions" are
rooted in the biological level would still appear, since they are dependent
only on neuro/physiology of some sort.

So again, if something is "instinctual", this feral human would possess it, and
I'd say this is grounds to call it "biological". But if it is "learned", and
does not exist outside situations involving social presence, then I would argue
that it is "social" in nature (which may be redundant a bit).

Would this feral human experience "fear" (or demonstrate it, since we can't
really ask him)? I'd say you could make the argument that he does, since he
responds in the same way to a fear-inducing stimuli as a socialized person.

Would this feral human experience "love"? I am not so sure, in fact I'd go with
no, not at all. What evidence would those who disagree count as evidence of
"love" in this feral man? Would we count things like animals going into heat (a
biological event) as evidence of "love"?