Emotional Amoral Egoism: A Neurophilosophical Theory of Human Nature and Its Universal Security Implications

What makes us who we are? Are we born good or evil? Do we have freewill? What drives our behaviour and why? Can technology change what it means tobe human? In this thoroughly revised second edition of Emotional Amoral Egoism, ProfessorNayef Al-Rodhan demonstrates the impact of our innate predispositions on keyissues, from conflict, inequality and transcultural understanding to Big Data,fake news and the social contract. However, it is the societies we live in andtheir governance structures that largely determine how we act on our innatepredispositions. Consequently, Al-Rodhan proposes a new and sustainable goodgovernance paradigm, which must reconcile the ever-present tension between thethree attributes of human nature ('Emotional AmoralEgoism') and the nine critical needs of human dignity.

Emotional Amoral Egoism is a perfectresource for enlightened readers, academics and policy makers interested in howour innate instincts and tendencies shape the world we live in, and how theinterplay between neurophilosophy and policycan be harnessed for pragmatic and sustainable peace, security andprosperity solutions for all, at all times and under all circumstances.