The Balance of Human Kindness and Cruelty: Why We Are the Way We Are

by Robert B. Edgerton

This book reviews the many conflicting theories about human nature, those that stress our dark side, and those that emphasize our goodness. It then explores actual human behavior in societies around the world beginning with earliest and smallest known societies, foraging people such as the Kung San Pygmies, then various kinds of farming people, and finally, city dwellers. It also focuses on human behavior during the 20th Century providing detailed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773462872
• ISBN13: 9780773462878
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
• Length: 282 Pages