%0 Journal Article
%T Two fundamental ecological relationships that deepen the sense of social, economical and ethical values of mental representations
%A L¨®pez Alonso
%A Alfredo O.
%J Interdisciplinaria
%D 2010
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X over the definition of any possible ecological relationships concerning life-quality competition, survival and transformation standards (concerning animal, human and social life forms) still two basic ecological relationships providing new insights to old problems of biology, sociology, ethics, and economy can be enhanced. they are ferocity /depredation versus angelically / protection as opposite basic ecological relationships. one main key rests on the correspondence that these relationships keep with the emergence of opposed crucial values like tangible values versus intangible values. these two categories also concern with the ecological, social and cultural further meanings of ethical moods implied by the two ecological relationships above. so, the sense of tangible (material) values over intangible (immaterial) values coheres with the sense of the ferocity /depredation relationship and their adversarial attitudes, while the evolutionary emergence of the angelically / protection relationship and its corresponding harboring attitudes are especially explained in such way that this relationship generates the effective prevalence of intangible / immaterial values over tangible / material ones when both kind of values get into conflict because of opposed life purposes. from these concepts (both on values and ecological relationships) all further social relationship, attitude, mental attribution or representation can be explained as a significant values mix, intercalation or partial balance between the two basic ecological relationships. these appreciations can render new values meanings and ethical categorizations to social and economical relationships. however, they must be interchangeable in terms of attitude mix and unbalance: a same living-agent may act predomi- nantly one ecological-relationship and then change to the other. the eagle acts ecologically harshly by the ferocity / depredation relationship when chasing the rabbit, while immediately shifts ecological
%K ecological relationships
%K ecology
%K ethology
%K teleonomic functions
%K life preservation.
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