Rutger Bregman’s new book Humankind argues that people are innately good, and that if we assume this to be true, the whole world could benefit
Humankind: A hopeful history
Bloomsbury
IN 1651, English philosopher Thomas Hobbes startled the world with Leviathan, an account of the good and evil lurking in human nature. Hobbes argued that people, when left to their own devices, were naturally vicious. Fortunately, they were also gregarious, and it was through their groups, societies and civilisations that people expressed their best selves.
For those with anxious minds, the trouble with Hobbes’s view is that civilisation is just a thin veneer over underlying …
Source: Humans - newscientist.com
