Steven Pinker
Episode 34 "Philosophy of Violence" with Steven Pinker
Series: Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life
From: Prairie Public
Length: 00:54:00
Steven Pinker argues that the world is less violent today than it has ever been before. For some of his critics, this claim is more than false, it’s bizarre. What is Pinker’s argument, what does it tell us about human nature, and how should we think about violence in general? Join WHY? as we explore Steven’s newest book The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence has Declined, and come face to face with one of the contemporary world’s most important questions: Is there moral progress?
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