practical inquiry regarding meaning » value » nature / the intrinsically valued
The goal here is to become aware of and to integrate into our values the motivations built into the conditions of our embodiment. This involves attending to our bodies, the materio-causal environment (especially nature), and the dispositional trajectores inherent in their dynamic relations. In a word, the aim is to stay in touch with our animality—not to dominate it, not to succumb to it, but to integrate it into what we value. Denying or otherwise willfully ignoring our animality will only serve to repress (without eliminating) its inherent dispositions. The difference between what we tell ourselves consciously and how we're motivated unconsciously is the dynamic through which we become perverse. Adopting a healthy attitude toward our natural motivations, including our sexuality, will be necessary for leaving perversity behind. Practicing sex positivity will be important in this regard.
