The Enlightenment - The Greatest Time in Human History

Stephanie Pinker argues that the world as a whole has gotten better over the past several hundred years. The source of such progress can be traced to a change in thinking about two hundred and fifty years ago, the era of the enlightenment. Stephens says these values hide an array of ideas that cut to the core of basic disagreements we find in america to day. In fact, whether we realize it or not, he says that westerners have been arguing over the legacy of the enlightenment for the past two hundred and 50 years....