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Better angels of our nature (n.) is on our radar. Try again later or consider contributing!
Democracy (n.) is an imperfect way of steering between the violence of anarchy and the violence of tyranny, with the least violence you can get away with.
Equity feminism (n.) is a moral doctrine about equal treatment that makes no commitments regarding open empirical issues in psychology or biology.
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Human nature (n.) is not being blank slates. We have propensities to both violence and 'better angels of our nature', which manifest based on material circumstances, consolidation of the power of the state, cosmopolitanism, and the empowerment of women.
Human nature (n.) is not all violent. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control.
Language instinct (n.) is on our radar. Try again later or consider contributing!
Nature - culture (n.) is a false alternative because you couldn't have nurture without innate biological faculties, as well as the other way around.
Photography (n.) is all about directing the attention of the viewer.
Political correctness (n.) is a once reasonable movement which, once it reached its major goals, went haywire in search of ever smaller grievances.
Reading (n.) is a technology for perspective-taking. When someone else's thoughts are in your head, you are observing the world from that person's vantage point.