Steven Pinker on Justice
Browse 2 quotations attributed to Steven Pinker, catalogued under justice, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Steven Pinker, entry #77844: "On the contrary, violence is often caused by a surfeit of morality and justice, at least as they are conceived in the minds of the perpetrators."
Attributed to Steven Pinker, entry #66802: "quality is not the empirical claim that all groups of humans are interchangeable; it is the moral principle that individuals should not be judged or constrained by the average pro…"
2 Quotes by Steven Pinker on Justice
"On the contrary, violence is often caused by a surfeit of morality and justice, at least as they are conceived in the minds of the perpetrators."
"quality is not the empirical claim that all groups of humans are interchangeable; it is the moral principle that individuals should not be judged or constrained by the average properties of their group. … If we recognize this principle, no one has to spin myths about the indistinguishability of the sexes to justify equality."