A Darwinian Left

A Darwinian Left

"A Darwinian Left: Politics, Evolution and Cooperation" is a book by Peter Singer (Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-08323-8), which argues that the view of human nature provided by evolution (e.g., evolutionary psychology) is compatible with and should be incorporated into the ideological framework of the Left. Evolutionary views of human nature had previously been regarded as supportive of the political Right. Singer's argument is that the Left will be better able to achieve its social and economic goals if it incorporates the more accurate view of human nature provided by evolution: "To be blind to the facts about human nature is to risk disaster". For example, Singer argues that the Left's view of human nature as highly malleable, which he identifies with Marxism and the standard social science model, is incorrect.

External links

* [http://www.utilitarian.net/singer/by/1999----02.htm A Darwinian Left for Today and Beyond] Peter Singer Excerpted from "A Darwinian Left", pp. 60-63.
* [http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000D34AD-64D0-1C74-9B81809EC588EF21 A Darwinian Left] . By Leigh Van Halen. Scientific American.
* [http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/darwinc/datlse1.htm A Darwinian Left] . Anonymous reviewer. The Complete Review.


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