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The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not...

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In like manner, if I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be no great har...

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William Kingdon CliffordThe Ethics of Belief and Other Essays

Oh the madness of battle! We fear it, we celebrate it, the poets sing of it, and when it fills the b...

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The more we claim to discriminate between cultures and customs as good and bad, the more completely ...

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Other folk thought the Rage was simple bloodlust, a berserk savagery that neither knew nor cared wha...

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There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth...

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It was unearthly, and the men were--No, they were not inhuman. Well, you know, that was the worst of...

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Today the most civilized countries of the world spend a maximum of their income on war and a minimum...

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The more I see of what you call civilization, the more highly I think of what you call savagery!

The Bible depicts a world that, seen through modern eyes, is staggering in its savagery. People ensl...

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Steven PinkerThe Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined