POL SCI 109Z Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Steven Pinker
16 Dec 2018
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Remember to look at reading questions before doing the readings. Extraordinary level of brutality in everyday life. Given the level of safety that most of us have, this is hard to believe. Pinker - everyday life was essentially at war with everyone around them, the tribal groups. 500 deaths per person per year, or about . 5% Whipping , producing lacerations that would tear into skeletal muscles. Victim was hoisted onto the post and his feet were nailed to it, usually without a supporting block. 1. 2 million deaths from mass killings, excludings. Males smited with the edge of the sword and abduct the cattle, women, and children. God orders hundreds of violent killings over the span of time. Lots of stoning to death when people disobeyed (so people"s evil will be removed) Compared to ancient greece, we see the violence that occurs today as horrible. Kidnapping and raping were part of war, a legitimate spoil.
