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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Carol Platt Liebau: A Moral Sense Encoded in Humankind
Description: Millions were transfixed by video of a couple caught cheating at a Coldplay concert. Some are surprised by the widespread fascination — but perhaps we shouldn’t be. What made the video compelling was how the cheating couple reacted when the kiss cam found them. It wasn’t rational behavior—they’d have stood a greater chance of getting away with it if they hadn’t hidden. But their behavior was instinctive. And that recalls the observation of the great Christian apologist CS Lewis: there is an innate universal moral sense encoded in humankind. Whether modern elites conce...