פורסם: 22.02.12, 10:09 pm
Field of reference: Economics, History
Description: Development as a natural movement
>“ The 18th century Scottish writers, it is supposed, formulated the first theory of “development” by postulating a series of stages of human activity commencing with hunting and fishing, progressing through pastoralism and settled agriculture, and culminating with commerce and manufacture, As one commentator has suggested, “The four stages, at any rate at the outset of its career, usually took the form of a theory of development embodying the idea of some “natural” or “normal” movement through a succession of different modes of subsistence.>”
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פורסם: 22.02.12, 10:07 pm
Field of reference: History
Description: Picture/graph of human technological development/Time
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פורסם: 22.02.12, 10:02 pm
Field of reference: Neuroscience, Sociology, Psychology
Description: Human natures ego is the drive behind self-interest actions,and in a proper environment humans are capable of using this drive in a more ethical moral direction
>" Human nature is governed by general self-interest and affected by genetic predisposition, which implies that there are likely to be limits to our moral sensitivities. In my view, altruism is in the final analysis driven by survival motives that are emotionally based. In this sense, my approach supports Hume’s thesis. Recent neuroscientific findings confirm that we are primarily driven by our emotions rather than reason. Yet, since the human psyche and human behaviour are also the product of the environment, under the right circumstances and with deliberate effort, we are capable of acting morally, beyond the margins of what our genetic coding has primed us for."
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שייך לקטגוריות 3. קנאה וכבוד | להשאיר תגובה | |
Field of reference: Sociology, History, Psychology
Description: Humans egoistic based nature leads to destructive desires at the expense of others and according to our human history we will not be capable of prosperity if our nature is not held in check
>" A predominant part of human nature is driven by basic survival instincts that ensure the satisfaction of basic needs such as food, shelter, and personal safety. Greed, however, may lead to excess. While we recognize that ego can lead to the pursuit of power and drive the desire for achievement, we add a number of other possible consequences of ego, depicted in the diagram. First, ego can lead to the desire to dominate others or to exercise hegemony. Second, it can also lead to a belief in one’s own exceptionalism. Third, it is behind the need for belonging and the need for a positive identity, since both imply being recognized as an individual of worth. Ego can also result in cultural arrogance when it is fed by notions of superiority." The fulfillment of basic needs, the requirements of ego, and the assuagement of fear all form part of human nature. Under certain conditions each of these facets may lead to any combination of greed, aggression, dominance, occupation, the pursuit of power, a belief in exceptionalism, cultural arrogance, alliances, the search for a sense of belonging, and the need for a positive self-definition. Given these various innate survival instincts and drivers of behavior, we should be under no illusions about the possibility of morality in the absence an overarching institutional framework capable of guaranteeing security and mitigating against excesses related to the fulfillment of ego and basic needs. It is clear from human history that human beings cannot prosper in an ungoverned state of nature."
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Field of reference: Psychology, Sociology, Economy
Description: Research showing that happiness and well being is relative to our neighbours income
>"This paper provides evidence that suggests that utility depends in part on relative position. The paper’s findings indicate that interpersonal preferences that incorporate relative income concerns drive the negative association between neighbors’ earnings and own well-being."
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