Human Nature In Anthropology

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Human nature, after exploring the notion more deeply, seems to suggest that it is more complex than at first glance. Humans, according to the majority of social psychologists, love to simplify ideas into categories or groups leaving the concept of human nature as no exception. Yet, by examining human nature as we have for centuries, we are now shifting our rigid ideas of this concept. Human nature can be viewed as a network web, stringing ideas together in a very intertwine way; such as how neurons within a given brain are connected and interact with one another, or how computers collaborate using a cloud service, or even yet, how a food web in our animal kingdom works. Our network of our nature can be explained through an array of schools …show more content…
Scholars often wonder if human nature has a value of good or bad. Anthropology suggests it is neither. Human nature just is. Much like how a rock has no moral value, it just is. Humans, arbitrary, are developed through their cultures, in which their cultures determine any actions’ value. Humans then have different natures that are expressed from one culture to another. One individual from 1500’s china compared with one individual from the 2000’s in Europe, one would find very different ideals of what makes a person a person and how that given person should be within a given …show more content…
Anthropology suggests again, that it depends on who you ask. In a western modern day view the answer is yes, we are very different from other animals in regards to culture. This view proclaims that humans are above other creatures. A value of good and-or better has been placed. Where a conflicting view by a previous dominating culture of North America, the Amerindians, deeply proclaim the opposite. They view humanity as a unit within the animal kingdom in which we are intertwine together within the cosmos. There is no value or hierarchy. To Amerindians, to have a nature would be to learn that humans and other creatures are similar and inevitably share the same fate

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