Can you trust other people? More importantly, can you trust other people to cooperate toward positive social change? Many of the dominant understandings of human nature told over centuries tell us that people either look out for themselves, or canโt look past social norms, resulting in inaction. These stories influence politics and education; they also set a limit to what we think we can achieve. Hence reading those dominant stories of human nature, contrasted with evidence from across human knowledge and cultures, is an empowering means of imagining a better tomorrow.
Students in this course will learn at their own pace, and encounter many recent theoretical developments in philosophy, anthropology, and psychology to read against those popular narratives that depict humans as selfish and ruthless. Students will strengthen their reading and thinking skills by learning to spot and rethink the dominant stories at the heart of our modern understanding of human nature.
For-credit subject
This experience can provide credit towards a university subject. Contact us to find out how students can complete five experiences and apply for credit for one 10cp subject into a Bond University undergraduate degree and obtain two points towards their Queensland Certificate of Education.