He rather claims that if this were true, human beings would behave indecently. Therefore, Rousseau assumes that self-preservation is one of the two moral codes that guide human behavior. The second concept that guides human behavior is that of pity. Rousseau defines pity as “an innate repugnance at seeing one's fellow men suffer” (426). Although this implies that humans in the state of nature only carry out mechanical commands, they are still agents of free will. They possess the ability to cultivate reason, despite its absence in the state of nature. The faculty of reason therefore also induces man's passage from the isolated state of nature to the collectively corrupt state of civil society. It is in this sense that humanity develops through conditions that encourage the use of reason. Ultimately, this allows man to cultivate the ability to love, rather than simply