Full Idea
To acknowledge human nature, many think, is to endorse racism, sexism, war, greed, genocide, nihilism, reactionary politics, and neglect of children and the disadvantaged.
Gist of Idea
Many think that accepting human nature is to accept innumerable evils
Source
Steven Pinker (The Blank Slate [2002], Pref)
Book Reference
Pinker,Steven: 'The Blank Slate' [Penguin 2003], p.-11
A Reaction
The point is that modern liberal thinking says everything is nurture (which can be changed), not nature (which can't). Virtue theory, of which I am a fan, requires a concept of human nature, as the thing which can attain excellence in its function.