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I read with great interest, Reinhold's post; he states All living being
is open, in constant exchange with the world, with persons, other species
and things around, with what is his Umwelt or his living-world. A newborn
is in an
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Hi Alan --
- And I wonder, why isn't sociobiology on the table here? It seems to me that
violence is ingrained in being-human; although there are exceptions, most of
human history seems bathed in blood. For me, part of the question does
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Dear Alan,
it’s always problematic to argue that there is a difference between human
beings and other species. The longer one looks at it the smaller the difference
become. But I think the use of violence is in fact quite different. It
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There's also considerable violence in small societies, in small towns; and
of course there are altruistic decisions people make at any scale -
otherwise there wouldn't be global charities, giving to flood victims in
other countries,
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Coot mothers will torture their weaker young, literally torture, until the
young coot dies of exhaustion, anomie, etc. The videos are disturbing. And
there's bullying, which is definitely a form of torture, among other
species -
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There's also considerable violence in small societies, in small towns; and of
this suggests that those social configurations are *not* 'clan' based -- which
seems to be the case in our 'mixed-up' society. Internal 'clan' violence of
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Hi John!
A couple of things - it depends how 'clan' is defined; there is plenty of
internecine warfare within clans (see the sagas!) as well as in very
coherent small towns - try being gay in one of them, or a different race.
You
