Human Nature and Public Policy [electronic resource] : An Evolutionary Approach / by A. Somit, S. Peterson.

Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9781403982094
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/23134
Yazar
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2003.
Yayın Bilgisi
New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
Fiziksel Niteleme
IX, 266 p. online resource.
Özet, vb.
Arguing for an evolutionary perspective, this book directly challenges the Standard Social Science Model (SSSM) on which public policy has often been based. The SSSM maintains that human behavior is solely the product of culture and learning. In sharp contrast, the Evolutionary Model (EM) holds that our behavior flows from the interaction between learning and culture, on the one hand, and biological factors-especially our evolutionary legacy-on the other. These different approaches to human behavior understandably lead to divergent conceptions of sound domestic and foreign policy. The SSSM views human behavior as essentially plastic and thus readily changed by governmental action. Disagreeing, the Evolutionary Model sees that malleability as seriously limited by our species' evolved propensity for aggression, status seeking, xenophobia, ethnocentrism, and hierarchical social structures.
Konu
Political science.
Political science __ Philosophy.
Neuropsychology.
Social sciences __ Philosophy.
Life sciences.
Political Science.
Political Theory.
Political Philosophy.
Neuropsychology.
Social Philosophy.
Life Sciences.
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