tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post473867971412059795..comments2024-03-28T17:08:15.784-07:00Comments on Social Democracy for the 21st Century: A Realist Alternative to the Modern Left: Steven Pinker versus Noam Chomsky on Human NatureLord Keyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-55348266297236603212016-03-12T18:11:50.562-08:002016-03-12T18:11:50.562-08:00LK, I hope you consider this relevant given your m...LK, I hope you consider this relevant given your mention of religion causing conflict between our species, and citations of Pinker and Dennett. If not, my advance apologies for being irrelevant, and name dropping the man for the third time on your blog; I hope it does not draw your ire!<br /><br />If you have an interest in reading up on current academic work on the role religious/sacred values have on human conflict, I would strongly recommend you check out Scott Atran's work on the topic. His 2013 piece with Jeremy Ginges, "Religious And Sacred Imperatives In Human Conflict", would be a good area to start. Both Dennett and Pinker have praised Atran's work in this area, and Pinker cites Atran's research favorably in The Better Angels Of Our Nature on page 356-357.SHNnoreply@blogger.com