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Socrates—who, like Adam Smith, argued that people are generally good even without enforcement.
Stephen J. Dubner • Freakonomics
Ethics: Studies right and wrong, good and bad.
Michael Huemer • Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy
belonging based,
Collin Hansen • The Great Dechurching
Mill’s insight in this passage has a name: the paradox of egoism. And it has a history, dating back at least to sermons preached by Joseph Butler at the Rolls Chapel in London, which were published as a book in 1726.9
Kieran Setiya • Midlife: A Philosophical Guide
What is fascinating in this argument is it comes back to metaphysics and assumptions about humans in their current state.