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Steven Pinker

“Morality, then, is not a set of arbitrary regulations dictated by a vengeful deity and written down in a book; nor is it the custom of a particular culture or tribe. It is a consequence of the interchangeability of perspectives and the opportunity the world provides for positive-sum games.”

Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
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