Human Nature As Capacity

Author : Nigel Rapport
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : 1845456378

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Human Nature as Capacity by Nigel Rapport Pdf

What is it to be human? What are our specifically human attributes, our capacities and liabilities? Such questions gave birth to anthropology as an Enlightenment science. This book argues that it is again appropriate to bring "the human" to the fore, to reclaim the singularity of the word as central to the anthropological endeavor, not on the basis of the substance of a human nature - "To be human is to act like this and react like this, to feel this and want this" - but in terms of species-wide capacities: capabilities for action and imagination, liabilities for suffering and cruelty. The contributors approach "the human" with an awareness of these complexities and particularities, rendering this volume unique in its ability to build on anthropology's ethnographic expertise.

Author : Christopher J. Berry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Caring
ISBN : UOM:39015011528083

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Human Nature by Christopher J. Berry Pdf

Author : William Golding
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780571290581

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Lord of the Flies by William Golding Pdf

A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance. First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern classics. Now fully revised and updated, this educational edition includes chapter summaries, comprehension questions, discussion points, classroom activities, a biographical profile of Golding, historical context relevant to the novel and an essay on Lord of the Flies by William Golding entitled 'Fable'. Aimed at Key Stage 3 and 4 students, it also includes a section on literary theory for advanced or A-level students. The educational edition encourages original and independent thinking while guiding the student through the text - ideal for use in the classroom and at home.

Author : Roger Scruton
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691183039

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On Human Nature by Roger Scruton Pdf

A brief, radical defense of human uniqueness from acclaimed philosopher Roger Scruton In this short book, acclaimed writer and philosopher Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of human uniqueness. Confronting the views of evolutionary psychologists, utilitarian moralists, and philosophical materialists such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, Scruton argues that human beings cannot be understood simply as biological objects. We are not only human animals; we are also persons, in essential relation with other persons, and bound to them by obligations and rights. Scruton develops and defends his account of human nature by ranging widely across intellectual history, from Plato and Averroës to Darwin and Wittgenstein. The book begins with Kant’s suggestion that we are distinguished by our ability to say “I”—by our sense of ourselves as the centers of self-conscious reflection. This fact is manifested in our emotions, interests, and relations. It is the foundation of the moral sense, as well as of the aesthetic and religious conceptions through which we shape the human world and endow it with meaning. And it lies outside the scope of modern materialist philosophy, even though it is a natural and not a supernatural fact. Ultimately, Scruton offers a new way of understanding how self-consciousness affects the question of how we should live. The result is a rich view of human nature that challenges some of today’s most fashionable ideas about our species.

Author : D. Melé,C. Cantón,César González Cantón
Publisher : Springer
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137462619

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Human Foundations of Management by D. Melé,C. Cantón,César González Cantón Pdf

Human Foundations of Management explores the human foundation of management and economic activity in a way that is accessible to readers. The structure and contents of this book examines those aspects of the human being which are relevant to management and economic activities.

Author : Benjamin Gregg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108897525

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Creating Human Nature by Benjamin Gregg Pdf

Human genetic enhancement, examined from the standpoint of the new field of political bioethics, displaces the age-old question of truth: What is human nature? This book displaces that question with another: What kind of human nature should humans want to create for themselves? To answer that question, this book answers two others: What constraints should limit the applications of rapidly developing biotechnologies? What could possibly form the basis for corresponding public policy in a democratic society? Benjamin Gregg focuses on the distinctly political dimensions of human nature, where politics refers to competition among competing values on which to base public policy, legislation, and political culture. This book offers citizens of democratic communities a broad perspective on how they together might best approach urgent questions of how to deal with the socially and morally challenging potential for human genetic engineering.

Author : Paul R. Lawrence,Nitin Nohria
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110371718

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Driven by Paul R. Lawrence,Nitin Nohria Pdf

Reveals the scientific foundation for an understanding of human nature and the mysteries of human behavior.

Author : Ron Vannelli
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781461515456

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Evolutionary Theory and Human Nature by Ron Vannelli Pdf

Evolutionary Theory and Human Nature is an original, highly theoretical work dealing with the transition from genes to behavior using general principles of evolution, especially those of sexual selection. It seeks to develop a seamless transition from genes to human motivations as bio-electric brain processes (emotional-cognitive processes), to human nature propensities (various constellations of emotional-cognitive forces, desires and fears) to species typical patterns of behavior. This work covers two often antagonistic fields: biology and the social sciences. It should be of strong interest to anthropologists, sociologists, sociobiologists, psychobiologists and psychologists who are interested in the question of human nature influences on social behavior.

Author : D. W. Winnicott
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317772286

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Human Nature by D. W. Winnicott Pdf

First published in 1990. The ideas of Donald Winnicott are scattered through numerous clinical papers and short, popular expositions. He made only one attempt to write and overview of his ideas, and this is it. It remained unfinished at his death in 1971. It is an ambitious work. The chapters offer his perspective on most of the main issues in psychoanalytic theory - for example, psychosomatics; the Oedipus complex; infantile sexuality; the unconscious; the depressive position; manic defence; transitional objects; aggression. Winnicott has here made a major synthetic effort, one which is regarded as the best of his posthumous works. D. W. Winnicott can be said to be the most influential native-born British psychoanalyst and - with Klein and Fairbairn - the founder of the object relations perspective. His writings are among the most moving and evocative int he whole literature of psychoanalysis.

Author : John Dupré
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199248063

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Human Nature and the Limits of Science by John Dupré Pdf

Dupré warns that our understanding of human nature is being distorted by two faulty and harmful forms of pseudo-scientific thinking. He claims it is important to resist scientism - an exaggerated conception of what science can be expected to do.

Author : Charles Judson Herrick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Evolution
ISBN : UCAL:B5022466

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The Evolution of Human Nature by Charles Judson Herrick Pdf

Author : Jürgen Habermas
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780745694115

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The Future of Human Nature by Jürgen Habermas Pdf

Recent developments in biotechnology and genetic research are raising complex ethical questions concerning the legitimate scope and limits of genetic intervention. As we begin to contemplate the possibility of intervening in the human genome to prevent diseases, we cannot help but feel that the human species might soon be able to take its biological evolution in its own hands. ‘Playing God’ is the metaphor commonly used for this self-transformation of the species, which, it seems, might soon be within our grasp. In this important new book, Jürgen Habermas – the most influential philosopher and social thinker in Germany today – takes up the question of genetic engineering and its ethical implications and subjects it to careful philosophical scrutiny. His analysis is guided by the view that genetic manipulation is bound up with the identity and self-understanding of the species. We cannot rule out the possibility that knowledge of one’s own hereditary factors may prove to be restrictive for the choice of an individual’s way of life and may undermine the symmetrical relations between free and equal human beings. In the concluding chapter – which was delivered as a lecture on receiving the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for 2001 – Habermas broadens the discussion to examine the tension between science and religion in the modern world, a tension which exploded, with such tragic violence, on September 11th.

Author : Paul R. Ehrlich
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2001-12-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780142000533

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Human Natures by Paul R. Ehrlich Pdf

Why do we behave the way we do? Biologist Paul Ehrlich suggests that although people share a common genetic code, these genes "do not shout commands at us...at the very most, they whisper suggestions." He argues that human nature is not so much result of genetic coding; rather, it is heavily influenced by cultural conditioning and environmental factors. With personal anecdotes, a well-written narrative, and clear examples, Human Natures is a major work of synthesis and scholarship as well as a valuable primer on genetics and evolution that makes complex scientific concepts accessible to lay readers.

Author : Joel J. Kupperman
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781603844543

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Theories of Human Nature by Joel J. Kupperman Pdf

Questions for Further Consideration and Recommended Further Reading, which follow each relevant chapter, encourage readers to think further and to craft their own perspectives.

Author : Marion Glaser
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780415510004

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Human-nature Interactions in the Anthropocene by Marion Glaser Pdf

This book deals with the potentials of social-ecological systems analysis for resolving sustainability problems. Contributors relate inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives to systemic dynamics, human behavior and the different dimensions and scales. With a problem-focused, sustainability-oriented approach to the analysis of human-nature relations, this text will be a useful resource for scholars of human and social ecology, geography, sociology, development studies, social anthropology and natural resources management.