We are therefore driven by both basic survival instincts and rational thought. - Nayef Al-Rodhan

The notion of innate knowledge (including moral knowledge) is rejected, but that of moral sensitivities is accepted.

Morally relevant emotions are essential for living in social groups and they provide the basis on which we may construct conceptual frameworks that help guide our actions, but human beings should more accurately be thought of as being endowed with morally relevant capacities rather than innate moral knowledge.

Those who are outside the centres of power, because of the need for a positive and not simply a stable identity, are likely to find an independent identity appealing.