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Why does it seem like people became "kinder" starting around the 1700s?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1olmklw/why_...
SneakersSO
  11/01/25
As ppl live in closer quarter to each other there is a femin...
VoteRepublican
  11/01/25
https://www.americanscientist.org/article/gracilization-of-t...
https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK
  11/01/25
begging the question but nietszche covered this in the geneo...
hank_scorpio
  11/01/25
Good post. I only poasted OP bc everything got deleted lmao
SneakersSO
  11/01/25
cr, and much later foucault would hammer home the same point...
Kenneth Play
  11/01/25
foucault liked to hammer a lot of things
hank_scorpio
  11/01/25
yeah it sounds like he was an awful guy
Kenneth Play
  11/01/25
almost every philosopher ever was kind of terrible in their ...
hank_scorpio
  11/01/25
cr, or "what is the basis for morality and is it real&q...
Kenneth Play
  11/01/25
ljl at ethicists, idk how you could do that for a lifetime a...
hank_scorpio
  11/01/25
My answer would be "Martin Luther". I'm curious...
bloomington
  11/02/25


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Date: November 1st, 2025 10:17 PM
Author: SneakersSO

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1olmklw/why_does_it_seem_like_people_became_kinder/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2#49394039)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: VoteRepublican (A true Chad!! where's your gf/wifew?)

As ppl live in closer quarter to each other there is a feminization process and heads get smaller etc.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2#49394041)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 10:21 PM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK


https://www.americanscientist.org/article/gracilization-of-the-modern-human-skeleton

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2#49394045)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 10:37 PM
Author: hank_scorpio

begging the question but nietszche covered this in the geneology of morals, robust secure societies can afford to let a lot of stuff slide, the slight reduction in cruelty is about the absolute certainty and control that comes from having the power to enact cruelty against any individual at any time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2#49394071)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 11:05 PM
Author: SneakersSO

Good post. I only poasted OP bc everything got deleted lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2#49394115)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 11:12 PM
Author: Kenneth Play

cr, and much later foucault would hammer home the same point repeatedly also

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2#49394125)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 11:40 PM
Author: hank_scorpio

foucault liked to hammer a lot of things

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2#49394214)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 11:44 PM
Author: Kenneth Play

yeah it sounds like he was an awful guy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2#49394233)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 11:47 PM
Author: hank_scorpio

almost every philosopher ever was kind of terrible in their own way, it is a curse I think, well adjusted people don't think about these things in the first place because it is mentally destructive and they certainly don't consider them for years to write a treatise on the issue, which always boils down to "how fucked are we and how meaningless is this really?"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2#49394245)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 11:54 PM
Author: Kenneth Play

cr, or "what is the basis for morality and is it real"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2#49394270)



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Date: November 1st, 2025 11:57 PM
Author: hank_scorpio

ljl at ethicists, idk how you could do that for a lifetime and not see at some point that it is complete flame and people do as they will and you can't do a goddam thing about it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2#49394281)



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Date: November 2nd, 2025 1:16 AM
Author: bloomington (🦬)

My answer would be "Martin Luther".

I'm curious as to what happened in that thread. I'm guessing a number of other people mentioned the Reformation too. Reddit jannies hate the idea that religion ever accomplishes anything good so they nuke the whole thread claiming it's somehow not scholarly enough even though it's fairly obvious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5792522&forum_id=2#49394523)