Seven Theories of Human Nature
INTRODUCTION: RIVAL THEORIES AND CRITICAL ASSESSMENTS 1. Confucianism: the Way of the Sages by David Haberman 2. Upanishadic Hinduism: Quest for Ultimate Knowledge by David Haberman 3. Buddhism: In the Footsteps of the Buddha by David Haberman 4. Plato: the Rule of Reason 5. Aristotle: the Ideal of Human Fulfilment 6. The Bible: Humanity in relation to God HISTORICAL INTERLUDE 7. Kant: Reasons and Causes, History and Religion 8. Marx: The Economic Basis of Human Nature 9. Sartre: Atheistic Existentialism 10. Darwinian Theories of Human Nature CONCLUSION: TOWARDS A SYNTHESIS OF THE THEORIES?