Political Theory and Human Nature | Jonathan Anomaly | TEDxUDLA

In his talk, Jonathan Anomaly offers an overview of how leading thinkers have used theories of human nature to justify claims about the kind of political institutions in which we should live.
En su charla, Jonathan Anomaly ofrece una visión general de cómo pensadores influyentes han utilizado teorías de la naturaleza humana para justificar afirmaciones sobre el tipo de instituciones políticas en las que deberíamos vivir.
"Jonathan Anomaly is the Academic Director of the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics program at UDLA. He has taught at many universities around the USA, including Duke, Penn, UNC, and San Diego. His interests are broad, but he tends to write about collective action problems, especially those that arise from the use of new biomedical technology.
Jonathan Anomaly es el Director Académico del programa de Filosofía, Política y Economía de la Universidad de Las Américas. Ha enseñado en muchas universidades de los EE. UU., incluidas Duke, Penn, UNC y San Diego. Sus intereses son amplios, pero tiende a escribir sobre problemas de acción colectiva, especialmente los que surgen del uso de nuevas tecnologías biomédicas." This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@dantv23]

An articulate teacher with spot on topics...our institutions need to get up to speed on these ideas!

[@joshlaser6180]

I watched Anomaly's video "Conformity in the Cathedral," about how American universities have become centers for elite indoctrination, rather than places of free inquiry. Good to see some universities in the world still host interesting thinkers.

[@johnwaterhouse2328]

This video is a good complement to Anomaly's book, Creating Future People: the science and ethics of genetic enhancement. What I like about the video and the book is that he asks provocative questions but leaves it for the audience to decide which way we should go.

[@erickomar3152]

Exceptional video.

[@Zenfix1]

Nice and great video 📃 🌏

[@anaajibicho]

Good start- but very dishonest to only show the negatives of blank-slate theories and not of those that purport natural inequalities.

[@boxingpandora7901]

Natural inequalities are an inevitable consequence of the evolutionary process. Without genetic inequality, there's nothing for natural selection to select on. This is especially true for individuals -- inequality in height, immune system, intelligence, personality traits, etc. And it's also true for groups, when they are isolated for long enough. The blank slate is literally incompatible with evolution by natural selection, and genetic inequalities are directly implied by evolution by natural selection.

[@teddyj.3198]

What a clown

[@KayleeMcC]

What? Why? He had like 0 opinions - he asked good questions. Didnt share an opinion. Lol