Professor Nayef Al-Rodhan is a Neuroscientist, Philosopher and Geostrategist. He was educated at the Mayo Clinic, Yale University and Harvard University, and is now an Honorary Fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford, Senior Fellow and Head of the Geopolitics and Global Futures Programme at the Geneva Center for Security Policy, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Studies, University of London, and a member of the Council on Frontier Risks at the World Economic Forum (WEF). He is a Prize winning scholar, and was voted amongst the top 30 most influential neuroscientists in the world. He has written 22 books and 250 articles.

A groundbreaking analysis of human nature, our innate predispositions and their implications for universal security and dignity.

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Part 1. Human Nature: Insights from the Frontiers of Neurophilosophy

Part 2. Existing Approaches to Human Nature: A Historical Overview
2.1. Religious and Spiritual Approaches to Human Nature
2.2. Philosophical Approaches to Human Nature
2.3. Psychological Approaches to Human Nature
2.4. Evolutionary Approaches to Human Nature
2.5. Human Nature in the Twenty-First Century: Neuroscience and Transformative Technologies

Part 3. Emotional Amoral Egoism: A Neurophilosophical Approach to Human Nature
3.1. The Neuro P5: A Theory of Human Motivation
3.2. Nature and Nurture
3.3. The Role of Emotions and Their Universality
3.4. A Neurochemistry of Emotions and Behaviour
3.5. What Makes Us Individuals? Examining Heterogenous Variations and Personality Traits
3.6. Behavioural and Genetic Modification: Changing Human Nature and Embracing Transhumanism?
3.7. Reaching Higher States of Being: Reflectivity and Morality
3.8. Situating the General Theory of Emotional Amoral Egoism

Part 4. The Security Implications of the Th eory of Emotional Amoral Egoism
4.1. Dignity-Based Governance
4.2. The Implications of the Th eory of Emotional Amoral Egoism for Globalisation and Identity Construction
4.3. Xenophobia and Ethnocentrism
4.4. The Implications of the Theory of Emotional Amoral Egoism for Understanding Conflict
4.5. Analytic Neurophilosophy and Policy
4.6. Emotional Amoral Egoism and the Boundaries of Moral Communities
4.7. Dignity-Based Governance and International Relations

Part 5. The Way Forward: How to Unlock the Best in Human Nature
5.1. Casting Light on the Mysteries of Human Nature
5.2. Dignity-Based Governance in Practice: Policy Recommendations
5.3. What Does Dignity-Based Governance Mean for All of Us?
5.4. Where Are We Going?

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