Arguing About Human Nature

Arguing About Human Nature covers recent debatesarising from biology, philosophy, psychology, and physical anthropologythat together systematically examine what it means to be human. Thirtyfive essaysseveral of them appearing here for the first time in printwere carefully selected to offer competing perspectives on 12 different topics related to human nature. Arguing About Human Nature is the first volume of its kind, designed to introduce to an interdisciplinary student audience some of the most important arguments on the subject generated by scientific research and philosophical reflection.