better angels

Noun

Meaning

better angels pl (plural only)

(idiomatic) Morally upright or otherwise positive attributes of human character.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Also notable are two books dealing with Paul Christopher's American cousins, Horace and Julian Hubbard: The Better Angels and Shelley's Heart. Source: Internet

In 2011, Steven Pinker published The Better Angels of Our Nature, arguing that violence has declined over time and humans are actually enjoying the most peaceful time on Earth. Source: Internet

The question of imprisonment and its relationship to the decline of crime is not the only place where Pinker in his Better Angels of Our Nature dismisses a messy, often harsh, reality in the name of a simplified Enlightenment notion of progress. Source: Internet

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