Animal ethics

 There's a thin veil here that seems to assume a virtue for an ignorant and superstitious population as being less harmful than logic. I gotta give them credit, they are consistent in their lack of respect for logic. 

Just because the rights of man was done at the time of the reign of terror its a logical fallacy to assume that one caused the other. The same was done in America. The enlightenment values arguably did take hold in positive ways. 

That the reign of terror happened at that time it doesn't follow that that would happen now.

Post modernism is a reductio ad absurdum of reliance solely on myth. 

Social skills reduces the need for myth so that people treat each other well just because they're human. There's a psychological phenomenon where people treat others well because simply theyre right in front of them. 

If one did take post modern critique seriously one could say that unless people prioritize their own sensual experience of the world over history and all other concerns and value personal empiricism first like animal ethics then it would be impossible for anyone to treat anyone well ever. 

Without that no one would care about anyone any philanthropy would just be nihilism in denial only to make some people feel good about themselves without actually making a difference.