Fair Society - The Science of Human Nature and the Pursuit of Social Justice

Informationen zum Autor Peter Corning is the director of the Institute for the Study of Complex Systems! a onetime writer for Newsweek! professor at Stanford University! and the author of several books. Klappentext We've been told again and again that life is unfair. But what if we're wrong simply to resign ourselves to this situation? What if we have the power - and more! the duty - to change society for the better? Drawing on evidence from our evolutionary history and the science of human nature! the author shows that we have an innate sense of fairness. Zusammenfassung We've been told again and again that life is unfair. But what if we're wrong simply to resign ourselves to this situation? What if we have the power - and more! the duty - to change society for the better? Drawing on evidence from our evolutionary history and the science of human nature! the author shows that we have an innate sense of fairness.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Corning, Peter A. Corning, Corning Peter A
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2012
• EAN: 9780226004358
• ISBN: 978-0-226-00435-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business; Evolution, Economics, Business and Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Business & management, Social and cultural anthropology