Civilized Man's Eight Deadly Sins Explained

Civilized Man's Eight Deadly Sins
Author:	Konrad Lorenz
Title Orig:	Die acht Todsünden der zivilisierten Menschheit
Orig Lang Code:	de
Translator:	Marjorie Kerr Wilson
Country:	Germany
Language:	German
Publisher:	Piper Verlag
Pub Date:	1973
English Pub Date:	1974
Pages:	157

Civilized Man's Eight Deadly Sins (German: Die acht Todsünden der zivilisierten Menschheit) is a book by the Austrian zoologist Konrad Lorenz. It is about major threats against humans that Lorenz sees in ingoing disregards of nature and in new and emerging technologies. The material originated as six lectures Lorenz held for Bayerischer Rundfunk in 1970, before a revised version was published as a book in 1973.^{[1] [2]}

The eight threats Lorenz warns about are:^[3]

1. Overpopulation
2. Crimes against nature
3. Obsessive technological development
4. Emotional atrophy
5. Genetic decay
6. Ruptured traditions
7. Indoctrination
8. Nuclear weaponry

Notes and References

1. Kalikow . Theo J. . 1978 . Book Reviews : Civilized Man's Eight Deadly Sins. By Konrad Lorenz. Trans. Marjorie Kerr Wilson. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1974. Pp. xiii + 107, $4.95. . . 8 . 1 . 99–101 . 10.1177/004839317800800110 .
2. Wynne-Edwards . Vero . 1975 . Civilized Man's Eight Deadly Sins, by Konrad Lorenz. Translated by Marjorie Latze. Methuen, £1.60. . . 13 . 1 . 85–86 . 10.1017/S0030605300013090 .
3. News: Civilized Man's Eight Deadly Sins . . 21 April 2024 .