Is human nature a barrier to socialism?

Are the greed, violence, and alienation that mar our modern society permanent features of the human condition? Is a world based on genuine euality and freedom a realistic vision? This cogent, concise pamphlet takes up one of the longest-standing debates among those who wish to build a better world, and argues convincingly for a scientific approach, revealing the ways that human activity is defined and constrained by the conditions in which we live.