Our Human Herds: The Philosophy of Dual Morality and a by Martin Fritz

By Martin Fritz

2 hundred years in the past if a girl was once raped and have become pregnant we would kill the rapist and spare the newborn. at the present time, we spare rapist and kill the newborn. How may perhaps American revolutionaries justify challenging liberty for themselves whereas refusing to offer it to their very own slaves? 100 years in the past in simple terms heterosexual marriage was once allowed and other people have been sentenced to criminal for gay habit. this present day humans all over are celebrating homosexual marriage. How and why do issues swap so dramatically?

This ebook explains such alterations. In it we are going to notice the origins of ethical outlook itself, and the way it shapes all human associations from types of executive to ideals approximately kinfolk, paintings, honor, virginity, atheism, and divinities. we are going to learn the way ethical figuring out provides upward thrust to liberals and conservatives, communists and fascists; and operates with emotional motivators like excitement and happiness. It outlines why we create phrases like character and personality, and the way our ideas are formed to questions like: "What is the which means of life?" by the point you're performed interpreting this booklet, you've got concrete solutions to all such questions and plenty of more.

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