Word: brutishness
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...entire philosophy on the question of manliness. Men, Hobbes teaches, are motivated by pride, by the desire to protect their own, to make something of themselves, and by the general esteem in which they hold themselves. In its natural state, life is (to name a few) "solitary" and "brutish," Hobbes says. At the mention of Hobbes, Harvard manliness expert Harvey Mansfield could not contain his smile. Estranged Harvard political theorist Peter Berkowitz went on point, edging to the front of his seat and whispering to his neighbors. Hobbes is a shrewd interpreter of human nature, and the professorial...
...Unfortunately, Wolfe misread Hobbes' essential point. Manliness--as displayed in the brutal life of pre-civil society--is not an unmitigated good. In fact, it is the enemy of society, order, peace and of our own well-being. No one wants a brutish life. Hobbes writes that we all must give up our natural manly tendencies in order to attain some remnant of civilization. Pride is an obstacle to our own safety. In short, he recognizes that our boys may want to go hunting, but we need to trick them into self-restraint...
...system for the entire first year might disadvantage students who interview for second-year jobs. Nevertheless, if there exists anything that could jeopardize the employment prospects of HLS students, it certainly won't be a few common sense reforms intended to make a 1L's life a little less brutish...
...Literally, "the rest" 2. Fla. neighbor 3. Travel like Lance Armstrong 4. Hindu discipline 5. Ending for 22-Across? 6. Toughen, as steel 7. Bob of Full House 8. Radner and namesakes 9. Results of arms treaties, sometimes 10. Knocker's reply 11. Congressman Rothman called him a "brutish thug" 12. __ de deux 16. Seemingly forever 19. Senator Joseph, who endorsed Gore 21. Hsia, who was found guilty of making illegal contributions to the Democrats 23. Hell, to Sherman 24. D.C. fund raiser 26. Natural-selection theoretician 27. __ Halonen, Finland's first woman President 28. Hall of Famer Lefty...
...seed. Natural selection favors the reproductively gifted, right? But the latest daffy Darwinist attempt to explain male bad behavior is not quite so amusing. Rape, according to evolutionary theorists Randy Thornhill and Craig T. Palmer, represents just another seed-spreading technique favored by natural selection. Sure it's nasty, brutish and short on foreplay. But it gets the job done...