The core principle of the Bush II doctrine is that the United States must "rid the world of evil," as the president said right after 9/11.
Bumbling befuddled Bush doesn't even understand the concept of evil.
As communities grew from bands and tribes to chiefdoms and states, Shermer explains, humans transformed the moral sentiments displayed in many primate species — shame and trust, for instance — into ethical principles. While gossip, shunning, and other informal methods might work effectively to curtail bad behavior in small groups, religion and formal ethical laws worked better in large ones. Our morals and ethics, then, are products not of a divine source, but of our biological heritage and our cultural history.
from
The Science of Good & Evil
Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care,
Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
By Michael Shermer
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But what do you expect from someone still living in the 19th century?
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