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Friday, July 1 • 3:00pm - 4:30pm
What Do Socialists Say about Capitalism, Socialism, and Human Nature?

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People who want to end exploitation, oppression, poverty, and war are regularly told that fundamental change is impossible because of human nature. Human beings, it is claimed, are naturally selfish, competitive, and aggressive. But is there any evidence that these familiar claims about human nature are actually true?

Suggested Readings:
What Do Socialists Say About Human Nature?” by Elizabeth Terzakis
Is Biology Destiny?” by Phil Gasper
Genes, Evolution, and Human Nature” by Phil Gasper

Speakers
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Phil Gasper

Phil Gasper is editor of The Communist Manifesto: A Road Map to History's Most Important Political Document (Haymarket Books, 2005) and on the editorial board of the International Socialist Review. He frequently writes about Marxism and science.


Friday July 1, 2016 3:00pm - 4:30pm CDT
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