Genocide, despair, and religious hope

an essay on human nature

Stephen T. Davis

pp. 35-45

in: John K. Roth (ed), Genocide and human rights, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

Abstract

Occasionally we have experiences that make us proud to be members of the human race. When we watch a play by Shakespeare, or listen to a Mozart symphony, or look at a Rembrandt painting, or admire an Ansel Adams photograph, or benefit from a medical discovery—in those moments we feel thrilled and uplifted. We sense that this sort of thing is the work of homo sapiens at its best.

Cited authors

Shakespeare William