Legacy of Barbarism
by Moore
About This Novel
"The Legacy of Barbarism" is a popular ethics book by American anthropologist J. H. Moore. He "first studied the legacy of wildness in domestic animals, and then in humans", allowing us to see that our human behavior is not regulated by God, but is often quite similar to our four-legged cousins. This is the "legacy of barbarism". The evolution from wild animals to domestic animals, from savages to civilized people, is a long process of overcoming savagery. Moore said: "Civilization is a train. It drags with it a lot of things that belong to ancient times - not just residual instincts, but also residual customs, beliefs, concepts and systems." In order to create a more advanced civilization, human beings need to develop conscience and overcome all the remaining drag of the old. This is the most important revelation this book gives us.
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