Ideas of Human Nature
From the Bhagavad Gita to Sociobiology
- Editore:
Pearson Education (US)
- EAN:
9780136475873
- ISBN:
0136475876
- Pagine:
- 304
- Formato:
- Paperback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
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Descrizione Ideas of Human Nature
Unique in both scope and organization, this book presents an intriguing yet challenging introduction to the world's great ideas concerning the nature of human nature -- with a sampling of different approaches. The selections are drawn from religious writings, academic treatises, nonfiction, fiction, etc. -- enabling readers to encounter the great thinkers through their own words. Organizes selections into intellectually coherent topics-- Religious/Mythic Views, The Mind, The Social Setting, The Human Animal? -- and then subtopics -- e.g., The Role of Reason, The Limits of Reason, People Are Basically Nasty, People Are Basically Good, Animals as "Human," and Vice Versa, Sex and Gender, etc.
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