1.0Andreas Wackerhttps://www.andreaswacker.com/blogAndreas Wackerhttps://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/author/admin2/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Rg9lDlT5Y8"><a href="https://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2020/06/29/the-honor-code/">“The Honor Code”</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2020/06/29/the-honor-code/embed/#?secret=Rg9lDlT5Y8" width="600" height="338" title="““The Honor Code”” — Andreas Wacker" data-secret="Rg9lDlT5Y8" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> I enjoyed listening to Kwame Anthony Appiah’s “The Honor Code” from 2010. The book looks at human history with an interesting perspective. Emotions and culture shape our value systems. Illustrating via the four examples of change in respect to duels, foot binding, slavery and honor killings Appiah shows how mankind can indeed make progress. In […]