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view. For instance, in the mid-1700s David Hume wrote a lot about the “natural benevolence” of human beings. And a century later, even Charles Darwin himself attributed an “instinct of sympathy” to our species. But
Dalai Lama • The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living
Socrates—who, like Adam Smith, argued that people are generally good even without enforcement.
Stephen J. Dubner • Freakonomics
a curious outsider
David Epstein • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
Emancipated from its ministry of justice under God’s rule, the modern state has turned away from Scripture’s moral law as the standard of political and legal obligation within society.
Greg Bahnsen • Theonomy in Christian Ethics
believing, belonging, and behaving
Collin Hansen • The Great Dechurching
recognize these misfits because they implicitly assume psychological unity, or they figure that people’s psychology will rapidly shift to accommodate the new formal institutions.
Joseph Henrich • The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
We would have a great deal of trouble proving either of these, yet we and others accept them—and clearly, we are rational for doing so.