[lbo-talk] Re: biology and society

Ted Winslow egwinslow at rogers.com
Mon May 29 20:54:04 PDT 2006


Jerry Monaco wrote:


>
> Please tell me the relevance to the case in point?
>

"Evolutionary psychology" and "sociobiology" entail a form of determinism that excludes self-determination in the sense indicated by the ideas of a "will proper" and a "universal will". These ideas underpin Marx's idea of ideal human relations - relations of mutual recognition. So the "human capability" realized in these relations - a capability for self-determination - can't be explained by that form of determinism.

Ted



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