Saturday, August 08, 2020

Bringing the prepolitical view of human nature and the biological origin of social behavior to bear on political philosophy

Assuming some techno Big Brother totalitarianism can be prevented I think the years of work done in the evolutionary sciences founded by Darwin, such as the science of sociobiology, will bring the prepolitical view of human nature and the biological origin of social behavior to bear on political philosophy---it cannot be escaped although it can be buried.

The metaphysical abstractions of political philosophy have obscured the natural view of human nature. The evolutionary sciences have slowly defined human nature as being biologically kin-centered and ethnic-centered, even xenophobic, as well as being genetically gender defined, age-graded, heterosexual, marriage-making, hierarchical, and religious-making, with group-selection and ethnic selection as the primary unit of successful selection, followed by individual selection. This largely harmonizes with traditional conservatism, accept when it comes to human nature being biologically kin-centered and ethnic-centered, even xenophobic---and there's the rub.

Human life is a concentric circle of individuals, kin, ethnic group, region, state, nation, world, universe, Godhood---this is how a natural subsidiary can harmonize with the natural sequence of the genetically-derived altruistic priorities of real human nature. 

When political philosophy (and religion) synchronize with this sequence then we can have nations with federal systems protecting the variety and independence of decentralized regions and states or ethnostates, perhaps aided by objective international sociobiological research centers, as once described by the courageous Raymond Cattell.

I think people will eventually see that ethnic/racial diversity within the same state is a living social problem that won't go away. Although now just rising, identity politics will continue to ascend, that is, identifying with ethnicity, nationality, race, culture and faith. Ethnostates and an ethnopluralism of ethnostates are the future, presuming that techno Big Brother totalitarianism can be overcome.

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