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Moshe Koppel on Norms, Tradition, and Resilient Societies

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We Should Not Privilege Our Local Community

Peter Singer has argued that when we think about how to be nice to other people, we should. It's wrong to privilege your family and parochialism of a tribe or an extended family. John Sutter: The idea that we can overcome human natureso fundamental part of human nature is absolutely absurd. He says what we actually need are just very formal rules that aren't obviously fair in some way.Sutter: Why do we need these roles? What kind of fish does one society only eat if they have fins and scales on them?

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