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ABSTRACTNumerous attempts have been made recently to argue from premises about ‘human nature’ to conclusions about social policy. This essay offers a critique of one such attempt, Melvin Konner's argument from the fact that women are more nurturing and less aggressive than men, to the claim that the world would be safer if women rather than men had control over the world's armaments, especially nuclear weapons (and thus they ought to occupy positions of power). I claim that the argument is badly flawed at several points, and that as such, it does not advance but impedes the movement towards equal access to governmental positi

ISSN:0264-3758    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-5930.1987.tb00207.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

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Book Reviews in This Article:The Limits of Science.The Limits of Science.Science and Values: the aims of science and their role in scientific debates.Marxism and Morality.Making Sense of Marx.Thinkers of the New Left.A Philosopher's Nightmare.Pacifism and the Just War.Public and Private in Social Life.

ISSN:0264-3758    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-5930.1987.tb00208.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0264-3758    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-5930.1987.tb00210.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY