Quote:
|
Originally Posted by sapiens
Evidently, I didn't get the memo (and neither did most of biological psychology, bio-anothropology, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary psychologists, cognitive neuroscientists... the list goes on....) There's a great deal of productive research being done from a functional biological perspective.
|
The term was replaced with more apt or specific terminology with better definitions long ago. I've never heard "human nature" used by anyone but laymen in discussions of anthropology, psychology, or biology.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by sapiens
Also, there's nothing in the questions presented in the OP that suggests that human nature is taboo to apply to a discussion of war.
|
When I made this an exercise of finding real world solutions, I believe I made outdated, vague philosophical terminology somewhat unwanted. Imagine there was a thread about ending the genocide in Darfur. Would you think it normal to say, "It's just human nature. You can't stop it."?