Philosophy Talk. Humanity Violated

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Abstract: People tend to treat other people who differ from them, even in seemingly small and insignificant ways, as less than fully human. Our tendency to dehumanize the "other" has sometimes led to great atrocities like the Holocaust, the genocide in Rwanda, and the slave trade. It is arguably responsible for such widespread social ills as racism, sexism, and xenophobia. Where does our tendency to dehumanize others come from? Is it based on bad arguments hat can be rationally refuted, or are its origins deeper in the human psyche? Are we bound to see the "other" as less than fully human? John and Ken take a human approach with David Livingstone Smith from the University of New England, author of Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others.

Type of resource	sound recording-nonmusical
Form	podcasts
Extent	1 audio file
Place	KALW (Radio station : San Francisco, Calif.)California
Date created	December 21, 2014
Language	English
Digital origin	born digital
Track configuration	Stereo

philosophytalk.org show page	Title Humanity Violated
Finding Aid	Title Philosophy Talk (SC1118)
Show#	364.0
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/ds029sg3419
Location	SC1118
Repository	Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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