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and a big step beyond Rousseau's theory of human nature.
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Now Durkheim is actually much closer to Hobbes
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in his notion of human nature, because he believes, right,
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that social pathologies emerge
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when there is a vacuum of control over people.
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That's when you have crime and suicide and prostitution
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and whatever.
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And therefore he had a skeptical view of human nature.
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Unless we are controlled,
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then we can be evil. Right?
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That is the fundamental issue.
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Right? What you have to fix is making sure