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Human Nature and Public Policy: An Evolutionary Approach by S. Peterson, A. Somit (Hardcover, 2003)

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Arguing for an evolutionary perspective, this text directly challenges the standard social science model (SSSM) on which public policy has often been based. The SSSM maintains that human behaviour is solely the product of culture and learning. In sharp contrast, the evolutionary model (EM) holds that our behaviour 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 behaviour understandably lead to divergent conceptions of sound domestic and foreign policy. The SSSM views human behaviour 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.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Palgrave USA
ISBN-13
9781403961167
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96313478

Product Key Features

Subject Area
Biological Psychology, Political Science
Author
S. Peterson, A. Somit
Publication Name
Human Nature and Public Policy: an Evolutionary Approach
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Medicine
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
266 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
216mm
Item Width
140mm
Item Weight
505g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
S. Peterson, A. Somit
Topic
Popular Philosophy
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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