Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs
Taubman Center

Why are humans so kind, yet so cruel?

Professor Rose McDermott comments on human nature's extremes of kindness and aggression, saying "Over long periods of time among large numbers of people, you end up with a more – slightly more – egalitarian system. We breed a kind of peacefulness, at least for the in-group."

March 7, 2019 Christian Science Monitor