ethics
02-17-2005, 10:47 AM
What evolutionary psychology really helps us to appreciate is just what an unlikely achievement complex, liberal, market-based societies really are. It helps us to get a better grip on why relatively free and fabulously wealthy societies like ours are so rare and, possibly, so fragile. Evolutionary psychology helps us to understand that successful market liberal societies require the cultivation of certain psychological tendencies that are weak in Stone Age minds and the suppression or sublimation of other tendencies that are strong.
In other words, read the entire article to understand why America is unique and why many countries do not have the system we do. <a href="http://www.cato.org/research/articles/wilkinson-050201.html">It's a long article</a> but if you have the interest, it's worth the read.
In other words, read the entire article to understand why America is unique and why many countries do not have the system we do. <a href="http://www.cato.org/research/articles/wilkinson-050201.html">It's a long article</a> but if you have the interest, it's worth the read.