Although biology is useful it is not everything as it does not explain the motive of an individual. The motives of the individual may not be the motives of a society. In the example of war, the biological standpoint says that people go to war because there is an underlying aggression engrained in them, or "the true biological joy of warfare"(Sahlins/2001/pg 7).
Keywords: aggressiveness, vulgar sociobiology, psychological anthropology, culture, reasoning, isomorphism.
[...] The use and abuse of biology Keywords: aggressiveness, vulgar sociobiology, psychological anthropology, culture, reasoning, isomorphism. Argument: Although biology is useful it is not everything as it does not explain the motive of an individual. The motives of the individual may not be the motives of a society. In the example of war, the biological standpoint says that people go to war because there is an underlying aggression engrained in them, or true biological joy of warfare”(Sahlins/2001/pg 7). The true explanation however is much more complex than this. [...]
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