> People (hell, probably all animals) feel the urge to "ought," if I
> can make it into a verb, because they have this thing that the Greeks
> called "thumos," "desire." People see the world, and they see the way
> that they desire that the world should be. There is a gap. Thumos
> makes them want to close the gap.
This reminds me of Moliere, Le Malade imaginaire: "Why does opium cause sleep? --Because of its soporific power."
Miles