The Prejudices of Our Grandfathers

It is easy for us to criticize the prejudices of our grandfathers, from which our fathers freed themselves. It is more difficult to distance ourselves from our own views, so that we can dispassionately search for prejudices among the beliefs and values we hold.

–  Peter Singer

I’ve often wondered which social attitudes that are seen as perfectly ordinary in 2014 will make people wince a hundred years from now.

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