Rousseau Response

I found Rousseau's focus on the nature of man to be quite interesting. However, I felt conflicted in his discussion of the savage man and his behaviors. He claims to "see him satisfying his hunger under an oak tree, quenching his thirst at the first stream, finding his bed at the foot of the same tree that supplied his meal; and thus all his needs are satisfied". If the true nature of man is found in acts such as these, how could the true nature of man be compared in modern society? We do not need to hunt for our food or drink from streams or even build our own shelter.

I thought of modern technology in regards to healthcare. With the use of certain tools and technologies that may not be considered among the primitive tools of man, could we really say it is wrong or against nature to look for cures for illnesses? This is where I felt the cross between man as a physical being and man as a moral being cannot overlap.

Perhaps, man's actions in modern society are simply an adaptation of what was once natural.