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lundamenLal ulerence
naLure vs nurLure
ollucal rograms
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naLure of hllosophy
A very Cld uebaLe
SplrlLual uevelopmenL
rogresslve 1hlnkers
Conservauve 1houghLs
Modern Conservauves
Sclenuc 1houghLs
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Lvoluuon
1rlune 8raln
LmpaLhy and Mlrror neurons
lnLellecLual uevelopmenL
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8orn lnnocenL and good
buL socleLy corrupLs

wtooq-Joets ote oot
tespooslble fot ocuoos
becoose tbey ote
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Lmplrlclsm + MaLerlallsm

8orn bad buL wanL Lo be good
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faculues and LalenLs

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8orn wlLh blank slaLe
P. naLure does noL exlsL
ldenuLy creaLed by group
Philosophy
hllosophla = "love of wlsdom"

hllosophlze = speculaLe or Lheorlze

Models for undersLandlng of reallLy
- whaL ls, who we are and why.

Compeung models
- no such Lhlng as a proven Laws"
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MeLaphyslcs - what is real?
LplsLemology - how do we know?
Loglc - how do we reason?
AesLheucs - what is beauty?
LLhlcs - what is of value?
ollucal - how best to govern?
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Blind Men and an Elephant
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When we llved
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WhaL we are for
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laLher of lrench 8evoluuon
5ecooJ 1teouse of Covt
laLher of Classlcal Llberallsm
levlotboo
Leads Lo soclal conLracL Lheory.
Man ls by good buL amoral
no lnnaLe behavloral LralLs
Man ls soclal anlmal -
selsh, reasonable, LoleranL
Man ls by naLure beasL-llke
SocleLy clvlllzes
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rlvaLe properLy ls lnvenLed
and explolLs Lhe poor
roperLy ls Lhe mosL
lmporLanL naLural rlghL
roperLy ls creauon of sLaLe
no prop. rlghLs agalnsL soverelgn
Consensus based on
dlcLaLorshlp of Ceneral Wlll
8epresenLauve governmenL
LlmlLed ln power
Covern llghLly
Monarchy besL form of gov
8uler ls absoluLe auLhorlLy
Cluzens have reLalned rlghLs
Pow can socleLy
combaL lnequallLy?
Pow can governmenL
proLecL Lhe cluzen and
possesslons?
Pow can socleLy prevenL
chaos and vlolence?
All Lhree belleve ln some form of Soclal ConLracL 1heory






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"5ome people see tbloqs os tbey ote
ooJ osk 'wby?', l Jteom tbloqs tbot
oevet wete ooJ osk, 'wby oot?'"

"1bete ls ootbloq tbot coo be cbooqeJ
mote completely tboo bomoo ootote wbeo
tbe job ls tokeo lo booJ eotly eoooqb.

- lablan soclallsL Ceorge 8ernard Shaw
Progressive Thinkers
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MarxlsLs belleve LhaL
Puman naLure malnly creaLed
by soclal relauons
Pumans are capable of maklng
or shaplng Lhelr own naLure
new Man wlll be creaLed as a resulL of
soclal condluons of pure communlsm
vladlmlr SLalln
Mao Zedong
Che Cuevera
Progressive Revolutionaries
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- SarLre
llaw wlLh Loglc on Puman naLure
8omanuc Lheory on human naLure sLaLes:
Man ls, by naLure, born good
SocleLy corrupLs man
Loglc aw
lf socleLy ls a collecuon of men
Anu all men are born good
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SocleLy ls a A/) B"1",)A reallLy,
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a reallLy unlque Lo lLself and lrreduclble Lo
lLs composlng parLs
"of lLs own klnd/genus"
"unlque ln lLs characLerlsucs"
noL Lhe producL of consclous lnLenuons

lL ls creaLed when
lndlvldual consclences lnLeracL
fuse LogeLher Lo creaLe a synLheuc reallLy
greaLer Lhan Lhe sum of lLs parLs
Lmlle uurkhelm
laLher of Soclology
1838-1917
Progressive Thought






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Conservative Thoughts
If men are so wicked as we
now see them with religion
what would they be if without it?

Leuer from 8en[amln lranklln Lo an ALhelsL
uecember 13, 1737
Spiritual Development
Pride
Greed
Lust
Gluttony
Malice
Sloth
Envy
' Deadly Sins
()***
years later
Original Sin
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8orn wlLh Crlglnal Sln
Cnly way we can be saved
ls by Lhe grace of Cod.
We recelve Cod's grace by,
belng good and accepung
hls love and forglveness`
A Very Old Debate & Zoroastrianism
ZaraLhusLra 660 Lo 383 8C
Pumans are essenually good.

1wlns ln human naLure
Plgher self: Angellc
Lower self: Anlmal

1he human condluon ls Lhe
menLal sLruggle beLween
asa (LruLh - Lhe dlvlne order)
dru[ (lle - lgnorance and chaos)
@&1R/5)/A (331-479 8C)
'8y naLure men are slmllar,
by pracuce men are wlde aparL'
A Very Old Debate Confucianism
a"15)/A (370-290 8C )
Puman are baslcally good
2
3
b/1 () (312-230 8C )
Puman naLure ls evll,
TheGoldenRule
Dotoothers
whatyou
wouldwant
themtodo
toyou.

Luke6:31
Zl Cong - ls Lhere one word Lo gulde us ln llfe?
ls noL reclproclLy such a word?" - Confuclus
nott oot otbets lo woys tbot yoo
yootself woolJ foJ botqol.
-8uddhlsm - udanavarga 3:18
1haL whlch ls haLeful Lo you, do noL do Lo
your fellow. 1haL ls Lhe whole 1orah,
Lhe resL ls Lhe explanauon, go and learn.
-Plllel - 1almud
Maslow: 1oward a sychology of PealLh (1936)
Lssenual )11", 1+3/,"
8lologlcal
noL lnLrlnslcally evll
Weak, dellcaLe and subLle
8arely dlsappears
need Lo learn conLrol
Can gulde Lo good llfe
8epresslon can make us slck
unlque
Specles
Wlde
Moral loundauons 1heory

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eople A8L dlerenL
accordlng Lo - !onaLhan PaldL

8ased on lnLuluve eLhlcs
Llberals Lend Lo welghL
falrness and care above all else
Conservauves Lend Lo
welgh all elemenLs equally
7,)15)W#" K)D
Conservauves are chasLened by Lhelr
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nomoo ootote so[ets
lttemeJlobly ftom cettolo qtove
foolts. Man belng lmperfecL, no
perfecL soclal order ever can be
creaLed.
Russell Kirk Conservative Principles
Modern Conservative Thinkers
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ConsLralned
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Summary & NURTURE
1. Conceptofphilosophy
2. Timelineofthought
3. Keyphilosophers
4. Religion
5. Modernpsychology
6. Modernconservativethinkers
Whichphilosophyon
humannature
doyoualignwith?
Conclusion
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Who denes
Good Bad
My inner struggle is not
between good and evil)

but between
my inner caveman
and the modern man
I am expected to be today$
What I see in myself
l wasn'L born wlLh a blank slaLe

l see a man wlLh
asslons, sLrengLhs and weaknesses
1houghLs LhaL come from 'who knows where'
l feel l am 10 bad and 90 good
Confuslng emouons LhaL mouvaLe me

My free wlll ls lmporLanL Lo me.
My path to self&
actualization is
my own$

I can learn from
others but I
integrate alone$
What I Believe
l prefer
Man ls 'bad' buL wanLs Lo be good
Man ls 'good' buL socleLy makes hlm bad
Man ls whaL socleLy makes hlm
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K&5)"3E creaLes ldenuLy
My threat assessment
Do we want
social engineers
creating a New Man?

Conict between the

Natural nature of man
Desired nature of man
Developing a Roadmap
1. Clear currenL sLaLe
2. ueslred end sLaLe
3. Cap Analysls exerclse
4. rlorluze Lhe ndlngs
3. Cpumum sequence
6. ubllsh Lhe 8oad Map
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What Conservatives Believe
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naLural or supernaLural rooLs
ermanenL and unlversal
noL malleable
noL perfecuble
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8orn bad"
Can do good and bad
needs soclal lnuences
Lo help do Lhe rlghL Lhlng
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Seek Lo proLecL
Lhe dlerences
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referred over fasL deslgn.
uesLroyed lnsuLuuons are
almosL lmposslble Lo rebulld
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1o reach full poLenual ln
capaclues and morals
laLonlc 1heory
ArlsLoLellan 1heory
8uddhlsL 1heory
!udeo-Chrlsuan 1heory
CarLeslan 1heory
uarwlnlan 1heory
MarxlsL 1heory
lreudlan 1heory
8ellglous-LxlsLenuallsL
(klerkegaardlan)
ALhelsuc-LxlsLenuallsL
(SarLrlan) 1heory
Multiple Theories
1here are more Lhan enough
compeung and conlcung
Lheorles LhaL .

. you can selecL
whaL you wanL Lo
[usufy whaL you wanL.

1o [usufy whaL you see
ln yourself.

1he debaLe wlll conunue.
What do you
see in yourself?
That is what you will try to justify$
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Pume sLrove Lo creaLe a LoLal
naLurallsuc "sclence of man"

whlch examlned Lhe psychologlcal basls
of human naLure ln opposluon Lo Lhe
rauonallsLs

he concluded LhaL deslre raLher Lhan
reason governed human behavlour.