This was a violent week in our country. And I join most Americans who are heartsick by it. I truly lament that violence is part of our human nature. It is all too evident that human beings are capable of violence and that some are much more prone to it than others in the same way that other human attributes are distributed among our species. How easily a person turns to violence depends greatly on their emotional and intellectual makeup (nature) as well as their upbringing, exposure, and cultivated social morality (nurture). It also depends on the right provocation. And hatred and fear are huge provocations.
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