Philosophy, Determinism, Human Nature

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False Realism and Utopianism: Conservatism is a defense of the existing order or past existing orders as "natural". Any potential alternative to the existing order or to the romantisized past order is immediately brushed aside as "unnatural" and "utopian"...
Posted Wed, Jun 25 2008 by Brainpolice | 7 comment(s)
Filed under: Determinism, Collectivism, Social Evolution, Equality, Philosophy, Human Nature, conservatism, History, Vulgar Libertarianism, Marxism

On Human Nature: It is common for humans to be presented as being separate from and even antagonistic with nature. In particular, some radical environmentalists portray human beings as inherently waging war on mother nature, that our existance is intrinsically destructive...
Posted Wed, Jan 2 2008 by Brainpolice | 11 comment(s)
Filed under: Ethics, Determinism, Philosophy, Human Nature, Praxeology, Thomas Hobbes