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About Nayef Al-Rodhan
Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan (born 1959) is a Saudi philosopher, neuroscientist and geostrategist. He is an Honorary Fellow of St. Antonyβs College at Oxford University and Centre Director, Centre for the Geopolitics of Globalization and Transnational Security and Senior Fellow, Emerging Security Challenges Programme, Geneva Centre for Security Policy.
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βDignity is central to the sustainability of history.β
βOne of the key ingredients of coexistence and successful cooperation is trust.β
βWe should aim for peaceful coexistence at least and transcultural synergy at best.β
βThere is only one collective human civilisation comprised of geo-cultural domains and cultures.β
βA set of global values in keeping with human nature and dignity need to be identified and developed.β
βWe are neither radically free to choose our nature nor entirely determined by our biological heritage.β
βCivilisational triumph is thus not a zero-sum enterprise that favours one geo-cultural domain over another.β
βMuch like addictive drugs, power uses ready-made reward circuitries in the brain, producing extreme pleasure.β
βMorality, if present, should not be relied on because it will be trumped by self interest in most circumstances.β
βPolicies should take account of the emotional dimensions of human behaviour rather than assuming rational action.β
βIn my opinion, a life governed by reason is likely to be more dignified than one shaped by dogma and unbridled emotions.β
βWhat makes our existence meaningful is highly subjective and ultimately determined by sustainable neurochemical gratification.β
βConsiderations of justice are also integral to efforts to generate transcultural security in the first instance and, ultimately, transcultural synergy.β
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Nayef Al-Rodhan on Human behavior 2 quotes
βPolicies should take account of the emotional dimensions of human behaviour rather than assuming rational action.β
Nayef Al-Rodhan on Human nature
βHuman nature is governed by general self-interest and affected by genetic predisposition, which implies that there are likely to be limits to our moral sensitivities.β
About Nayef Al-Rodhan
Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan (born 1959) is a Saudi philosopher, neuroscientist and geostrategist. He is an Honorary Fellow of St. Antonyβs College at Oxford University and Centre Director, Centre for the Geopolitics of Globalization and Transnational Security and Senior Fellow, Emerging Security Challenges Programme, Geneva Centre for Security Policy.