The Nature and Nurture of Human Warfare: An Evolutionary Account. By Ronald F. White, PhD.
I have written several blogs on "Just War Theory." (https://freedomsphilosopher.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-ethics-of-war.html). In light of the ongoing war in Ukraine, I thought it would be useful to explore the larger questions of whether human leadership and human warfare are natural behaviors passed on to subsequent generations through our genetic inheritance; or whether those behaviors are learned and therefore passed on over time via teaching and learning (culture). And, in light of those findings, I will speculate whether the quest for global peace a realistic sociopolitical goal. Like all human institutions, the history of human warfare reveals varying degrees of cultural evolution, devolution, and/or stability over time. We know that warlike behavior has taken place throughout much of human history. There is evidence that groups of Hunters and Gatherers rarely (if ev...
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