The Battle for Human Nature: Science, Morality and Modern Life
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- Synopsis
- "Provocative and richly textured. . . .Schwartz's analyses of the inadequacies of contemporary scientific views of human nature are compelling, but the consequences are even more worthy of note." --Los Angeles Times Out of the investigations and speculations of contemporary science, a challenging view of human behavior and society has emerged and gained strength. It is a view that equates "human nature" utterly and unalterably with the pursuit of self-interest. Influenced by this view, people increasingly appeal to natural imperatives, instead of moral ones, to explain and justify their actions and those of others.
- Copyright:
- 1986
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- ISBN-13:
- 9780393609288
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780393304459
- Publisher:
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Date of Addition:
- 04/14/17
- Copyrighted By:
- Barry Schwartz
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Business and Finance, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Philosophy
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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