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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined is a 2011 book by Steven Pinker, in which the author argues that violence in the world has declined both in the long run and in the short run and suggests explanations as to why this has occurred.
- Steven Pinker
- 2011
24 de mar. de 2021 · A book by the New York Times bestselling author of The Stuff of Thought and The Blank Slate that argues that violence has declined over long stretches of history. The book explores the essence of human nature, mixing psychology and history, and challenges the myths about humankind's inherent violence.
25 de set. de 2012 · Pinker ascribes the decline of violence to "four better angels," that form part of the psychological repertoire of Homo sapiens. These are empathy, self-control, a moral sense, and the faculty of reason.
- Steven Pinker
- $11.89
- Penguin Books
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The Better Angels of Our Nature. Os bons anjos da nossa natureza: Por que a violência diminuiu (em inglês: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined) é um livro de 2011 de Steven Pinker, no qual o autor argumenta que a violência no mundo declinou a longo e a curto prazo e sugere explicações sobre por que isso ...
18 de jun. de 2012 · The Better Angels of Our Nature explains some ideas that I think should be widely understood, like the idea that the basis for morality—and the continued decline of violence—lies in empathy, strengthened by rules, codes and laws.
6 de out. de 2011 · Pinker argues that enhanced powers of reasoning give us the ability to detach ourselves from our immediate experience and from our personal or parochial perspective, and frame our ideas in...
