Many authors over the decades have demonstrated the self-evident truth
that without a healthy moral culture, a democratic capitalist society
cannot survive. But Wilson showed—not with vague philosophy but with
natural experiments and data analysis—that the moral sense is so much
more than just what we need to prosper. It is the rhythm of our human
flourishing. Wilson understood that the moral sense is what statist
regimes crowd out with technocratic socialism—and why they ultimately
deliver unhappiness. The moral sense is the reason freedom and
individual responsibility give us the best chance at a meaningful
life.
---SPSmith
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