Counter-intuitive as it may seem in the face of rising populism, Dr. Christian Welzel will show fascinating data from the World Values Surveys, illustrating that most of humanity has turned more emancipatory in its moral values over recent decades and that this cultural transformation has brought our better moral qualities to the surface.

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