There are some things in our world, there are some things in our nation to which I’m proud to be maladjusted, to which I call upon all men of goodwill to be maladjusted until the good society is realized. I must honestly say to you that I never intend to adjust myself to segregation and discrimination. I never intend to become adjusted to religious bigotry. I never intend to adjust myself to economic conditions that will take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few. I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism and the self defeating effects of physical violence
— Dr Martin Luther King Jnr
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Steven Pinker
Nature or nurture? It is obvious to most people with even a brief understanding of the science that we are a complex combination of the two. Pinker sets out the evidence here that nature is far more compelling than most of us realise and it is difficult not to agree with him. What really stood out for me from the book was the political implications of the discussion. On one side if we are largely creatures of nature, genetically determined, then intellectual attempts to change as are somewhat futile. We would agree with the right that people are primarily motivated...