Understanding the Dark Side of Human Nature

Understanding the Dark Side of Human Nature

Series from 2019

Series from 2019

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Genres: Documentary, Special Interest

In Understanding the Dark Side of Human Nature, Professor Daniel Breyer takes you on a fascinating cross-cultural philosophical journey into many of the deepest, darkest questions that plague our souls.

By looking carefully into these darkest aspects of ourselves and the human suffering in our world, we can better understand ourselves and appreciate our deep desire for meaning and purpose.

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What Do We Mean by the “Dark Side”?

Our Fundamental Nature: Good or Evil?

What Is Evil?

Moral Monsters and Evil Personhood

Evil and Responsibility

Sin: Original and Otherwise

Dark Thoughts and Desires

Suffering and Its Causes

The Problem of Expectation and Desire

The Fear of Death

Existential Anxiety and the Courage to Be

The Goodness of Grief

Homo necans: Why Do We Kill?

Nightmares and the Dream Self

Varieties of Self-Deception

Varieties of Ignorance

Weakness of Will

Luck and the Limits of Blame

Victim Blaming and the Just-World Hypothesis

Retribution and Revenge

Forgiveness and Redemption

The Elimination of Anger

Being Peaceful in a Troubled World

The Allure of the Dark Side