Twelve theories of human nature

Introduction : rival theories and critical assessments

Confucianism : the way of the sages / David L. Haberman

Upanishadic Hinduism : quest for ultimate knowledge / David L. Haberman

Buddhism : in the footsteps of the Buddha / David L. Haberman

Plato : the rule of reason

Aristotle : the ideal of human fulfillment

The Bible : humanity in relation to God

Islam : submission to God / Peter Matthews Wright

Historical Interlude

Kant : reasons and causes, morality and religion

Marx : the economic basis of human societies

Freud : the unconscious basis of mind

Sartre : radical freedom

Darwinian theories of human nature.