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The Darwinian Biology of Aristotle's Political Animals
Ist Teil von
American journal of political science, 1994-05, Vol.38 (2), p.464-485
Ort / Verlag
Austin, Tex: University of Texas Press
Erscheinungsjahr
1994
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Recently, some political scientists, such as James Q. Wilson and Roger Masters, have argued for a Darwinian social theory that would support a revival of Aristotelian naturalism in the social sciences. As a contribution to this project, I argue that Darwinian biology confirms Aristotle's biological understanding of political animals. Thomas Hobbes's criticisms of Aristotle's position rest on dichotomies--nature versus culture, instinct versus learning, animality versus humanity--that have been refuted by modern biological research. Rejecting these false dichotomies would permit a unification of the social sciences and the natural sciences with Darwinian biology as the crucial link.