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Is There a Universal Human Nature?
You have argued that any stance one takes on political, economic, social or even personal issues is ultimately based on some conception of human nature. Why is this? Any stance we take is based on some...
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What Else Distinguishes Us?
“When Gary Kasparov was playing chess, years ago, against IBM’s Deep Blue, and he was asked why he was so nervous about playing the match with the computer, he said, ‘Because I’m afraid that, if I...
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Steven Pinker on Feminism
“I am a feminist. I believe that women have been oppressed, discriminated against, and harassed for thousands of years. I believe that the two waves of the feminist movement in the 20th century are...
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What Was the American Founders’ View of Human Nature?
Robert George: “The American Founders famously supplied constitutional mechanisms to remedy what they called the darker motives of man. And with their rather Presbyterian view of human nature, the...
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What’s the Point of Reading History if You’ll Just Forget It Later?
“When I was young and foolish, I thought I could learn all of history and have it all available in my head, or at least a lot of European history, or at least a lot of English history. Now I know that...
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Hooman Majd Talks Human Nature in Style
“I definitely think that I’m my own critic, for sure, and not society. Although it does affect me, how society views what I do. I won’t deny that; I think that anyone who says it doesn’t is lying. I...
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Why History?
“History shows us how to behave. History teaches, reinforces what we believe in, what we stand for… History is — or should be — the bedrock of patriotism. Not the chest-pounding kind of patriotism,...
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Does the Mind’s System Reflect a Judeo-Christian View of Human Nature?
“The mind is modular, with many parts cooperating to generate a train of thought or an organized action. It has distinct information-processing systems for filtering out distractions, learning skills,...
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How the Greek Conception of Human Nature Can Shape Your Politics
“I don’t think I would think the way I do if I hadn’t had an affinity for the writings of the Greeks. I think the idea the Greeks had, the tragic view of the world — that there are limitations in the...
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