Human Nature: A Reader: A Reader

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Part I. Some Ancient Views of Human Nature - Indian Philosophy: The Upanishads and Buddha; Katha Upanishad, The Buddhist Dhamapada. 2. Confucius, Analects. 3. Plato and Aristotle, and Freudian Echoes of Plato; Republic, Nicomachean Ethics, The Ego and the Id. 4. Mengzi and Xunzi: The Capacity for True Benevolence; Mengzi, Xunzi. 5. Human Imperfection in the Judeo-Christian Tradition: From Adam to St. Augustine; The King James Bible, Confessions. Part II. Some Modern Views of Human Nature - 6. Hobbes, Leviathan. 7. Butler and Hume: Inherent Tendencies toward Altruism; Sermon I, A Treatise of Human Nature, Book III: Of Morals. 8. Kant: The Need for Reason to Dominate; Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals. 9. Marx and Alienation: Our Flawed Participation in Life; Alienated Labor, The Communist Manifesto. 10. Sartre and Kierkegaard: Radical Incompleteness as the Human Lot; Being and Nothingness, The Sickness unto Death.

Joel J. Kupperman is Professor of Philosophy, University of Connecticut. Among his many publications are Six Myths about the Good Life: Thinking about What Has Value, and Classic Asian Philosophy:?A Guide to the Essential Texts.