In the reading "Green Guilt," Stephen Asma describes human natural tendency of self loathing as the reason why humans can be civilized and not act on natural instinct. Stephen shows us an example of this through anger. Everyone has been angry at one point in their life. If humans did not have the self control of anger, people would be killing each other left and right for no reason. Human guilt can be seen through history for example religion. In religion God is perfect and humans feel the pressure to be perfect like God. However, being perfect is impossible, so humans feel guilty for the sins they commit. Friedrich Nietzsche says that humans have always needed a God figure because without one we would not feel the guilt we need in order to
