The politics of ethology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6251606 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel A Dombrowski (Seattle University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 359-369 |
| Publication date | 1994-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-3811 • E-ISSN: 1933-8007 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08913819408443343 |
| OpenAlex | W2033807553 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
While the academic discussion of gender and family issues often adopts the contractarian and consensual approach of liberalism, the work of Stephen R. L. Clark provides an interesting contrast. Clark turns to ethology as a guide to modes of social existence congruent with our evolutionary nature. Although an Aristotelian, Clark is not a sexist in arguing that household life is more important than what moderns call “political” life. Clark is premature, however, in accusing liberals who defend the rights of individuals of ignoring the ethological evidence. Liberals need not so emphasize the individual that they destroy the family as the locus of moral education
Classical liberalism · Epistemology · Ethology · Liberalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism
| Highly cited | No |
|---|