The Grave Diggers

During the European Enlightenment, there was a lot of triumphalism about humanity as this rationalizing animal. After the horrors of the 20th century, particularly, you get a lot more suspicion around that claim. So instead of us being reasoning animals, we're often cast now as needy, rationalizing animals who just invent these made up, unjustifiable reasons for their actions and oftentimes atrocities.