THE BATTLE FOR HUMAN NATURE by Barry Schwartz ( 9780393304459 )

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Title:

THE BATTLE FOR HUMAN NATURE
SCIENCE, MORALITY AND MODERN LIFE

By:

Barry Schwartz

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0393304450

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9780393304459

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Publisher:

WW NORTON & CO

Pub. date:

1 August, 1987

Pages:

352

Description:

"Provocative and richly textured...Schwartz's analyses of the inadequacies of contemporary scientific views of human nature are compelling, but the consequences are even more worthy of note." -Los Angeles Times

Synopsis:

Out of the investigations and speculations of contemporary science, a challenging view of human behavior and society has emerged and gained strength. It is a view that equates "human nature" utterly and unalterably with the pursuit of self-interest. Influenced by this view, people increasingly appeal to natural imperatives, instead of moral ones, to explain and justify their actions and those of others.

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