In other words, fairness to strangers — who would be regarded with antagonism or at least mistrust in small, close - knit hunter - gatherer groups — is a behavior that has evolved along with other norms in complex societies. (sciencemag.org)
If he accepts other norms besides this, then he must return to some identification of revealed propositional truth, admit some other encounter with God than that which occurs in Jesus Christ, or allow authority to the conclusions of philosophical speculation. (religion-online.org)
Paul Ramsey: Agape is expressed through other norms and non-definitively Christian moral insights. (religion-online.org)