Sussman goes on to explain that the reason why people tend to think humans are inherently violent is because of a cultural desire to think such is the case. In fact, studies have shown that the more people watch or read the news, the more likely they are to view the world as an overly violent place.
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ARE HUMANS INHERENTLY VIOLENT? ... Since humans and chimpanzees share these violent urges, the implication is that human violence has ... What if Wrangham and Peterson are correct and we and our chimp cousins are inherently sinners? Are we doomed to be violent forever because this pattern is fixed within our genetic code?
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It is arguable to say that humans are inherently violent. A look at the various definitions of violence and what it is presumed to be, a learned behaviour or an instinct, will give an insight into the connection between violence and humans.
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In other words, are we inherently good? ... And far from being inherently violent, humans demonstrate a natural abhorrence of violence and conflict. We have to train soldiers to kill. It's not instinctive."
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No, but human nature is to do the wrong thing. It all deals with passion o fthe heart. Passion leads a person almost anything. Romantic writers of early America write about this so if you would like to read on it you can.
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The National Museum of Natural History Bulletin for Teachers, Fall, 1997, has an interesting article by Robert W. Sussman which explores the nature of man's inhumanity to man. The question is whether we are genetically programmed to kill an...
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Ars Technica Ars OpenForum 3.0b The Soap Box Violence Is A Part Of Survival, Humans Are Inherently Violent, Humans Are Animals.
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Shoutwire is the latest community based internet news website. It allows the community rather than a news editor to submit and review news content on the site. ... I don't think we are inherently violent. The problem is that violence can be just so damn effective its hard to resist ... humans are indeed inherintly violent,
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The evidence suggests, then, that humans do have a choice with respect to aggression and war. To an extent, such destructiveness is due to the mistaken assumption that we are helpless to control an essentially violent nature.
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Humans are creatures of circumstance. However, there are those respected voices in the anthropological world such as Richard Wrangham and Dale Peterson that contend we are not. Instead, we are slaves to our biological makeup. According to t...
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