John Dupr??? warns that our understanding of human nature is being distorted by two faulty and harmful forms of pseudo-scientific thinking. In the first, theorists explain human aims in terms of evolutionary theory, while the second uses economic models to explain how we act to achieve those ends. Dupr??? demonstrates that these theorists' explanations do not work and that their theories tend to have dangerous social and political consequences. He then points the way to a proper understanding of human nature and society.
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John Dupr??? warns that our understanding of human nature is being distorted by two faulty and harmful forms of pseudo-scientific thinking. In the first, theorists explain human aims in terms of evolutionary theory, while the second uses economic models to explain how we act to achieve those ends. Dupr??? demonstrates that these theorists' explanations do not work and that their theories tend to have dangerous social and political consequences. He then points the way to a proper understanding of human nature and society.
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