GRGR (15): Good & Evil (was Enzian...)

rj rjackson at mail.usyd.edu.au
Sat Dec 11 16:18:10 CST 1999


cjhurtt
> 
> but isn't cultural conditioning a part of human nature? i don't see how it's 
> possible for us humans to do something that isn't in human nature. 

Sort of. Except that conditioning is something exerted by an external
agency and so is against nature in a way. And the danger of saying that
everything humans do is down to human nature is that you thereby excuse
some pretty deplorable acts. I think it's only our definitions which are
at odds here though.

best



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