The Primate Origins of Human Nature. Foundations of Human Biology. By Carel P. van Schaik; illustrated by Perry van Duijnhoven. Hoboken (New Jersey): Wiley-Blackwell. $169.95. xx + 517 p. + 2 pl.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-470-14763-4. 2016.

2016 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 509-510
Author(s):  
John G. Fleagle
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Human Biology ◽  
Primate Origins

Human Biology and Human Nature

2017 ◽  
pp. 61-91
Author(s):  
James F. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Human Biology

scholarly journals FROM NATURAL LAW TO THE GOLDEN RULE

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Damiano Simoncelli
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Natural Law ◽  
Golden Rule ◽  
Human Biology ◽  
Cultural Boundaries ◽  
Human Good

These days, the Thomistic account of natural law is the object of renewed interest and criticisms. A number of objections are usually lodged against the idea of a human nature and a shared human good, in that it might seem that these ideas are unquestionably culturally related and that cultural boundaries cannot be crossed. At the same time, the concepts of ‘human nature’ and ‘natural law’ are often misunderstood to be related to human biology only. To overcome these issues, this paper aims to reinterpret the Thomistic doctrine of natural law as a form of the golden rule (‘Do not do unto others as you would not have them do unto you’; ‘Do unto others as you would have them do unto you’).

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