What is Human Nature?
Russell (1 point)
-believed conscience is a learned behaviour (not part of human nature) -the conscience is simply the training of "right" and "wrong" kids get from parents and teachers
Hobbes (2 points)
-humans are born self-interested and only look our for themselves -he believed that humans need a state to maintain law and order, otherwise we would always be in all out war
Huxley (1 point)
-humans are dominated by animal-like desires and we constantly strive for satisfaction and pleasure -he defines human nature as the struggle to conquer the brute within
Definition (1 point)
a general set of distinguishing features that belong to all human beings (distinguish humans from other beings)
Plato (1 point)
described human nature with mind/body dualism and the 3 parts of the soul (appetite, reason, and spirit)
Hegel (1 point)
human nature could not be understood independently from history and culture
Ryle (1 point)
the mind is a complex function of the relationship between mentality and physical activity
Existentialists
we must defined and choose ourselves, there is no blueprint that decides US in advance
