Collective Fault: The Worst Idea of All Time

The most destructive ideas in human history are really versions of the same pernicious notion: that members of another group are morally inferior and thus less deserving of individual rights, respect, freedom, and justice.

The most destructive idea in human history is the notion that another group of human beings is morally inferior and thus less deserving of individual rights, respect, freedom, and justice. Throughout history, this has manifested in various guises—from racism to sexism and ...