Hardly Any Famine Affects More Than 5

But Once We Recognize That Many Ideas That Are Taken To Be Quintessentially Western Have Also Flourished In Other Civilizations, We Also See That These Ideas Are Not As Culture-specific As Is Sometimes Claimed. We Need Not Begin With Pessimism, At Least On This Ground, About The Prospects Of Reasoned Humanism In The World.

The Identity Of An Individual Is Essentially A Function Of Her Choices, Rather Than The Discovery Of An Immutable Attribute

In India, [in] The Great Documents Like [the] Upanishads In Eighth Century B.c., You Find Some Of The Wisest [women] Making Great, Learned Speeches And Then You Worship Them, But Actually Don't Do Very Much About Girls' Education Generally. So I Think There Has Been A Kind Of Dual Presence Of Pain, Respect, And Saying You Are Great, Etc., But Not Providing The Basic Facilities That Make Women Able To Lead The Kind Of Life That They Would Like To And That Men Easily Do.

If You're Dealing With Grappling [with] Problems Of Feeding People, The Biggest Impact In Fertility Reduction Is Girls' Schools. Schooled Girls Make A Bigger Impact On That Than Any Other Factor - Not These Various Regulations [such As] You Have To Have One Child Or That. It Turns Out That None Of These Are Effective.

Across The World, In Africa, Asia, Latin America, Everywhere, There Is A Widespread Recognition On The Part Of The Parents, Too, That The Children's Life Will Go Much Better By Being Educated. And That Applies To Girls As Well As Boys.