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riches with the whole of what is in our self-interest. Being accepted by others, living in and contributing to a stable community that provides enough for everyone might very well be more in our inherent self-interest, even if we earn less. Earning and possessing more at the expense of being shunned
riches with the whole of what is in our self-interest. Being accepted by others, living in and contributing to a stable community that provides enough for everyone might very well be more in our inherent self-interest, even if we earn less. Earning and possessing more at the expense of being shunned
species) ceases to be deeply personal, nor connected to the needs of our practical life. It is the urgency of living a life that is fulfilling and meaningful that moves us to know. Our concrete and active relation with the world and not its con ternplative vision is what forces us to know. Our need to
that it was merely self-interested. ("What others caU violen ce and wrongdoing, is the fulfiU ment ofthe individual's duty to maintain his independence in face of others; what they caU cowardice, is the duty of supporting life and the possibility of being useful to others ... " [#644]). It is a
strug gle, contact with nature, and intense cultural experience. The results of science are transmitted through discourse, found in treatises, articles, manuals; the truths of wisdom can be communicated, even without words, through the ex ample of a life. Wisdom is attributed more readily to men who
Eight BIOLOGY AND HUMAN BERA VIOR I argued above that human behavior or decision-making within the social realm seems necessarily compromised by interests and ideology. But can a cognitive theory of human decision-making, understood in purely economic terms, be salvaged by assessing it through
be richer, or the conditions for a long and good life may be better for most. Societies with more equal income and wealth distributions might also do better in fighting climate change, limiting the power of politicians, or fostering solidarity. 9 I do not subscribe to all of these claims, but they
be richer, or the conditions for a long and good life may be better for most. Societies with more equal income and wealth distributions might also do better in fighting climate change, limiting the power of politicians, or fostering solidarity. 9 I do not subscribe to all of these claims, but they
effect, Habermas appeals not only to Immanuel Kant and Marx, but also to Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis. The Critical Theory and Recent History of Ideas 115 theoretical goal is to establish a critical science of human social life by appeal to the general social-scientific principles of Marxism and
, for example, in a metaphysics of life, of the person, of community, of the work of art, and of other fundamental distinctions and principles within being, such as the dif- ference between essence and real existence. JOSEF SEIFERT 24 iv. This part of metaphysics studies also the most fundamental