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> Marx said that the fundamental driver of human history was the conflict between classes. Darwin believed it was the evolutionary struggle for survival. Others
by awl130 11y ago
> Marx said that the fundamental driver of human history was the conflict between classes. Darwin believed it was the evolutionary struggle for survival. Others have claimed that the most important force for change is the clash of civilisations, the rise of political ideologies and religious movements, or advances in technology. A growing number of thinkers, however, are starting to recognise that empathy is an essential missing ingredient in these traditional narratives.
This is misstated; students of evolution believe that it is precisely the evolutionary struggle for survival that underlies all else--namely the clash of civilizations, rise of political ideologies, advances in technology, etc., AND empathy.
- eevilspock 11y agoHow is it misstated? That is what he is saying. Not all who believe in evolution is limited to such a reductionist point of view. Just as evolution is an emergent phenomenon that can't be understood by a reduction to physics, I don't think all social phenomenon can be reduced to manifestations of evolutionary forces. That we have sex more for pleasure than for reproduction and that homosexuality is ever more accepted* are simple examples of that. There are many more. - *I wouldn't be surprised if the genes behind homosexuality are more prevalent than before. If true, how would that bake your evolutionist noodle? `