Human Nature

Human nature refers to the distinguishing characteristics, including ways of thinking, feeling and acting, that humans tend to have naturally.
The questions of what these characteristics are, what causes them and how this causation works, and how fixed human nature is, are amongst the oldest and most important questions in western philosophy. These questions have particularly important implications in ethics, politics and theology. This is partly because human nature can be regarded as both a source of norms of conduct or ways of life, as well as presenting obstacles or constraints on living a good life.
The complex implications of such questions are also dealt with in art and literature, while the multiple branches of the Humanities together form an important domain of inquiry into human nature, and the question of what it means to be human.
The branches of contemporary science associated with the study of human nature include anthropology, sociology, sociobiology and psychology, particularly evolutionary psychology and developmental psychology. The so-called "nature versus nurture" debate is a broadly inclusive and well-known instance of a discussion about human nature in the natural sciences. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)



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AP  - Shooting after NFL Game - Police officers investigate the scene of a shooting just outside of lot L at Candlestick Park, where the San Francisco 49ers had just finished playing the Oakland Raiders in an NFL preseason game. One man was seriously wounded in the shooting while another man sustained lesser injuries in an earlier shooting.


        The violence comes months after a San Francisco Giants fan was severely beaten by two men in LA Dodgers gear outside Dodger stadium after the teams' season opener in March.By Michael Macor, San Francisco Chronicle via AP
 
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NWCN - Three shot, one stabbed in fight at Northwest Washington Fair Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:32:45 PDT

LYNDEN, Wash. - A 15-year-old boy was booked into juvenile detention on one count of attempted murder and two counts of first degree assault after a shooting at the fair in Lynden Saturday night.The violence happened late Saturday night. Police say about 10 people got into a fight in front of the men's bathroom near the midway.'Lynden is a quiet and safe community,' said Lynden Police Chief Jack Foster. 'It's just a shame this had to occur and the fair had to end this way.'Police say the violence is gang related.