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Morality
October 8, 2021
Magazine
Maggie Doherty
Jonathan Franzen, America’s Next Top Moralist
For years, his work has been marked by his creeping fear that the world is in need of an urgent intervention—and why not from him?
August 11, 2020
Jo Livingstone
The Pioneering Morality of Raven Leilani’s
Luster
The much-celebrated debut novel is representative of a younger generation’s approach to age-old dilemmas.
February 25, 2019
Alexis Papazoglou
Is It Cruel to Have Kids in the Era of Climate Change?
Some argue that bringing children into a decaying world is immoral.
July 26, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Zadie Smith’s Right to Be Wrong
The writer's short story in 'The New Yorker' is a puzzling allegory about social media and the #MeToo movement.
December 8, 2015
William Lynn
Who’s Most Responsible for Climate Change?
May 7, 2015
Matthew Pratt Guterl
What Is David Brooks's Purpose?
The Times columnist says moral debate is dying. He must not be paying attention to #BlackLivesMatter.
April 9, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Don't Make Dzhokhar Tsarnaev a Martyr
March 10, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Poor People Don't Need Better Social Norms. They Need Better Social Policies.
What David Brooks doesn't understand about poverty
July 21, 2014
Yishai Schwartz
Israel's Deadly Invasion of Gaza Is Morally Justified
March 26, 2014
Alice Robb
Sunglasses Make You Less Generous
March 24, 2014
Jerry A. Coyne
The Atheists' Case for Fighting Poverty
October 27, 2013
Moshe Halbertal
Can You Have Religion Without God?
Ronald Dworkin and a religious worldview for secularists
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