Tag: systems theory

For decades, “universal human rights” have been treated as moral bedrock: timeless, self-evident entitlements belonging to every human simply by virtue of being human. Philosophers like David N. Stamos have challenged this picture, arguing that if we take evolutionary biology seriously, we find no such innate, equal, universal rights inscribed…

Working draft Human beings are animals: territorial, status-seeking, social, capable of attachment and rivalry. We form bonds, defend boundaries, compete for standing, and seek the approval of those whose judgment matters to us. None of this, by itself, makes domination inevitable. The danger begins when these impulses are organized into…