He rather asserts that if this were true, humans would behave in an indecent manner. Therefore, Rousseau assumes that self-preservation is one of the two codes of morality that guide human behavior. The second concept that guides human behavior is that of pity. Rousseau defines pity as “an innate repugnance to seeing one’s neighbor suffer” (426). Although this implies that humans in the state of nature only carry out rote commands, they remain agents of free will. They possess the ability to cultivate reason, despite its absence in the state of nature. Therefore, the faculty of reason also induces man's transition from the isolated state of nature to the collectively corrupted state of civil society. It is in this sense that humanity develops in conditions which give rise to recourse to reason. Ultimately, this allows man to cultivate the capacity to love, rather than simply