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Empirical observation is only a way to determine what is, and not what could be. Since we know that human behavior ("nature") is substantively malleable, we ne
by PaulDavisThe1st 3y ago
Empirical observation is only a way to determine what is, and not what could be.
Since we know that human behavior ("nature") is substantively malleable, we need to know what could be, not merely what is.
- jimbokun 3y agoThat's the problem. It's not ethical to perform experiments on human subjects without their explicit consent. That's why the Institutional Review Board was created: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_review_board https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_review_board You can't just perform experiments on large groups of people to see what will happen.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoSo in short, neither you nor I know what human nature is, and thus setting up criteria for social organization on whether it aligns with "human nature" is impossible, and a foolish goal.