If we are indeed completely in thrall to the selfish gene, why not throw all constraint to the winds and just be selfish – individually and collectively, in our politics, social arrangements, financial and economic dealings? writes Karen Armstrong in her review of Absence of Mind by Marilynne Robinson.
We saw during the 20th century (not to mention the first decade of the 21st) what can happen when the “me-first” mentality is given free rein. But this was also the century of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and Nelson Mandela, who revealed the potential for altruism in humanity.
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