{"product_id":"b0gqj14scz","title":"Racism Is Natural: Do We Have To Follow Nature?","description":"\u003cp\u003eRacism Is Natural.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis statement has the power to shock. To disturb. To provoke immediate rejection or immediate agreement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut what if neither reaction is sufficient?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this deeply reflective and unsettling philosophical inquiry, Jean M. Merilus does not attempt to justify racism. Nor does he dismiss the question with easy answers. Instead, he examines something more fundamental: the relationship between human instinct and human responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHuman beings inherit impulses they did not choose. We inherit tendencies shaped by evolution, by history, and by the environments in which we develop. These tendencies can influence perception before reflection has time to intervene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut does inheritance impose obligation?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAre we required to follow what feels natural? Or does the very existence of awareness introduce another possibility, the possibility of choice?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing from philosophy, psychology, evolutionary theory, and human history, this book explores the tension between instinct and conscience, between impulse and responsibility, between what we inherit and what we decide to become.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book of accusations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is not a book of excuses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a book of examination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIts purpose is not to tell you what to think.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIts purpose is to invite you to confront a question that reaches beyond racism itself:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf something within us is natural, does that make it inevitable?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOr does being human mean that we are more than what we inherit?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe answer is yours to discover.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52836271751384,"sku":"YSL59724","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/61uFteCASjL._SY1500.jpg?v=1793265920","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b0gqj14scz","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}