I am here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organicism The topic is Organicism and I have two questions. The article starts with what theories organicism rejects:
Mechanism and Reductionism - I'll skip these so I can get to the point
Vitalism - the doctrine that there is a vital force different from physical forces that accounts for living things.
Question: By "vital force", is it meaning something spiritual? Or is it merely referring to the ability to reason - perhaps separating Mind from Body?
Then, there is the topic - Organicisms: the theory that everything in nature has an organic basis or is part of an organic whole. The whole is greater than its parts. Human Society is analogous to an organism. Individual humans are analogous to the cells of an organism.
The article does refer to the problems created in socialist countries where control was top to bottom. But, before noticing that, I got to wondering. What about just the opposite? If you put control from bottom to top - individual humans have all the freedom possible. They form into societies as necessary and, from there into governments. But the last word is always to the individuals - majority rule.
Question: That is pretty much the society we have but can it lead to chaos? And doesn't it encourage the attitude of "I don't like that law; I don't have to obey it"? I supposed we have to say there is a happy medium but I'm just wondering. Am I seeing right?