Book

Human nature : opposing viewpoints / Mark Ray Schmidt, book editor.

San Diego, Calif. : Greenhaven Press, ©1999.

154 pages ; 23 cm.

Debates the influences of genetics and the environment on human nature, how it affects conflicts between men and women, and how it shapes society.

Opposing viewpoints series

Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)

Philosophical anthropology.

Schmidt, Mark Ray, 1953-

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What factors influence human nature? Human nature is shaped by society / Erich Fromm -- Human nature is shaped by genetics / Edward O. Wilson -- Human nature is free and complex / George W. Morgan -- There is no human nature / Jean-Paul Sartre -- There is a human nature / Mortimer J. Adler -- What constitutes human nature? Human nature is antisocial / Thomas Hobbes -- Human nature is corrupted by society / Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Human nature is aggressive / Sigmund Freud -- Human nature is not aggressive / Riane Eisler -- Human nature was corrupted by sin / Genesis -- Human nature is an extension of animal evolution / Charles Darwin -- What causes human conflicts? Humans are in conflict within themselves / Blaise Pascal -- Humans are in conflict with God / Apostle Paul -- Humans are in conflict with nature / Washington Irving -- Male/female conflicts are mostly social / Simone de Beauvoir -- Male/female conflicts are misunderstandings / Deborah Tannen -- What is the future of human nature? Human nature might be destroyed / George Orwell -- Human nature cannot be destroyed / Alexander Solzhenitsyn -- The future requires a new kind of human nature / Lewis Mumford -- Humans can build Utopia / B.F. Skinner.

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