Sublime

Ceux qui refusent de réagir de manière adéquate pour protéger leur territoire risquent autant de se faire exploiter que ceux qui ne peuvent se défendre pour des raisons d’incapacité ou de déséquilibre flagrant des forces en présence.

Degrees of guilt can still be judged by reference to the facts of a case: the

Our deepest reserves of resilience come from knowing that other people are counting on us.

Recognize that knowing what someone (including you) is like will tell you what you can expect from them.

volitional

Shared or public commitments are more likely to be maintained,6 as long as we don’t shift the responsibility for our behavior to others.

we should follow a different decision-making strategy, known as “the maximin rule.” To be precise, rather than choosing the option that is best on average (maximizing expected utility), we should compare the worst outcome under each option, and then choose the option where the worst outcome is as good as possible

Affective reactions are in the right place at the right time in the brain (as shown by Damasio, Greene, and a wave of more recent studies).