Grant Baker

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What this does is transform the discussion of morality from a matter of discovering the nature of objective virtue or of eternal laws into an analysis of psychology. The pressing question is not, Is this right or wrong, good or bad? but rather, Why do people act this way? And that question points toward a host of more critical questions: Who benefits from arguing that action X is considered morally wrong? In fact, does morality actually have any value?
The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution
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