The great quandary – this quandary is the subconscious war from time immemorial – it is the question: what do we do with our biological urges – we are born with two opposite tendencies – unlike all creatures that have no problem defecating, cohabiting etc. in public for they have no rational mind – the rational mind is an independent soul that can observe hence judge our own self, that holds ourselves to a standard (hence shame or pride based on if we do what we ourselves believe is shameful or worthy) so with zero self-awareness they simply follow their biological urges – the Alter Rebbe, perhaps the greatest Jewish master writes that these urges are necessities as is obvious, the difference though between the animal and the human is in self-discipline, for whereas the former simply just lives in the reality of "can I?" the human or s/he who is worthy of such a title, lives in "should…"