Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart
The Left has traditionally assumed that human nature is so malleable, so perfectible, that it can be shaped in almost any direction. Conservatives object, arguing that social order arises not from rational planning but from the spontaneous order of instincts and habits. Darwinian biology sustains conservative social thought by showing how the human capacity for spontaneous order arises from social instincts and a moral sense shaped by natural selection in human evolutionary history.
This beautiful little book rediscovers the missing biology of Aristotle especially as it applies to moral phisophy and does so in a thoroughly modern way, that is, by integrating it with modern Darwinian thinking, a subject Arnhart easily masters. The result is a very impressive piece of intellectual work, rich in detail and far-reaching in scope and in conclusions. -- Robert Trivers, Rutgers University
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| ISBN 13 | 9780907845997 |
| ISBN 10 | 0907845991 |
| Title | Darwinian Conservatism |
| Author | Larry Arnhart |
| Series | Societas |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Imprint Academic |
| Year published | 2005-07-30 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
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