https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_and_rebecca_newberger_goldstein_the_long_reach_of reason?language=en
For this post, choose and explain one of the following quotations. In your explanation, first, paraphrase the quotation, provide a context for the quotation (from the TED talk), and either support or refute the quotation with an original example. NOTE: In addition to listening to the talk, you can choose the "transcript" tab to follow and/or print out the talk in text form if that helps you following the argument. "People who think too well are often accused of elitism, and even in the academy, there are attacks on logocentrism, the crime of letting logic dominate our thinking."
"Many pundits have argued that a good heart and steadfast moral clarity are superior to triangulations of overeducated policy wonks." "But can reason lead us in directions that are good or decent or moral? After all, you pointed out that reason is just a means to an end, and the end depends on the reasoner's passions." "We seem to be getting more humane " "Our circle of empathy expanded." "When our great-grandchildren look back at us, will they be as appalled by some of our practices as we are by our slave-owning, heretic-burning, wife-beating, gay-bashing ancestors? " "You didn't mention what might be one of our most effective better angels: reason. Reason has muscle. It's the reason that provides the push to widen that circle of empathy."
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