Talk: Maslow's hierarchy of needs

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Does anyone think that government furfills a human need? why do you think so?why so we get comfort in having some one organize most of what we do and how we live? If it doe fit into maslow's pyrimid then were in the pyrimid do you think? plz help me with these question i would be very grate full if you would like to reply you can email me at estefany1927@aol.com

I don't think the need for government fits into any one 'need' category. However, governments often aid people in fufilling some of these needs, whether it be physiological (welfare payments or food stamps), safety (an army to protect the people) to even esteem needs (such as humanitarian efforts that benefit a nation as a whole). It is important that any government ought to consider where the majority of its population lie in the hiearchy and plan appropriately if it wishes to remain popular. However, I do not think that Maslow's hiearchy deals with the believed need for an organized world. This is chiefly because this theory is principally concerned with the individual, rather than groups of people, which can behave very differently.

Some of the examples used are rather poor... Maria Teresa self-actualisation could have been Sainthood and the 'dark side of the human condition' is just plain vague. --CJWilly 17:58, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)