The Theoretical Individual: Imagination, Ethics and the Future of Humanity by Michael Charles Tobias
English | 8 Feb. 2018 | ISBN: 3319714422 | 156 Pages | PDF | 3.64 MB
English | 8 Feb. 2018 | ISBN: 3319714422 | 156 Pages | PDF | 3.64 MB
How can the one influence the many? From posing seminal questions about what comprises a human individual, to asking whether human evolution is alive and well, favoring individuals or the species, this work is a daring, up-to-the-minute overview of an urgent, multidisciplinary premise. It explores the extent to which human history provides empirical evidence for the capacity of an individual to exert meaningful suasion over their species, and asks: Can an individual influence the survival of the human species and the planet?