Marcus du Sautoy Meets Steven Pinker - Why Rationality Matters
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
i was surprised when i dipped into the history of these moral movements, how many of them really did, at least chronologically, have a rigorous logical argument at the outset? Religious persecution is another example, you might think, and this was my surprise. Did people really need a rational argument as to why something might be a wee bit wrong with burning? Heretics for the wrong theory of the trinity, or for keeping slaves. And here i also owe a debt to anthony grayling in his book, toward the light of liberty,. He shows that indeed, say, sebastian castellio argued against a calvin and luther. Why do you practise that which is
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