On Human Nature

Wide-reaching, stimulating and learned. . . . Scruton has here given us a succinct but properly philosophical account of human nature. It is a timely and useful corrective against the sterile ethical theories which dominate the medical ethics literature. Students and educators alike will find its content stimulating, and its fine prose enjoyable. Many philosophers take it upon themselves to dismantle our black-and-white notions, and help us see the world in its true shades-of-grey complexity. But few inject into it the colour needed to make it a joy. Scruton is one such philosopher, and thus his work is to be commended now as ever. --Toni C. Saad, The New Bioethics On Human Nature is a fine performance. --Richard King, The Australian On Human Nature is a tour de force of a rare kind. In clear, elegant prose it makes large claims in metaphysics, morals and, by implication, politics. --The Economist Roger Scruton's On Human Nature . . . gives a brief, poetic account of a way of thinking about ourselves that many of us, especially with a background in the humanities, will find congenial. --Adam Zeman, Standpoint A luminous sketch of what we are, or might be, that will inspire some readers and infuriate others. --Kieran Setiya, Times Literary Supplement [F]inely written, compactly argued. --James Ryerson, New York Times Book Review One of Blackwell's Best of Non-Fiction 2017