"The Board"
(The board meeting room opens up and is filled with philosophy majors who have gathered to discuss their ideas and questions with a few of the members of the Board of Philosophical Writers.) BRADBURY: “The University of Inquisition would like to welcome our board for today’s discussion about philosophical questions dealing with human interactions. Today we have Mr. Dostoevsky, Mr. Lewis, Dr. Freud, and Mr. Tolkien. I want to thank each of you for joining us today, and we will begin by opening the floor. Does anyone have a question they would like to ask the board?” STUDENT 1: “Dr. Freud, will you explain why people today covet money and other possessions?” DR. FREUD: “The goal of human beings as I have come to discover is to eliminate pain and to bask in pleasures. All humans possess what I call an Id, Ego, and Superego. The Id is the pleasure-seeking part of our unconscious that directs our desires. The Ego is in the middle mediating between the Id and the Superego, whi...