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By Kwame Anthony Appiah My 15-year-old son recently started dating a girl his age. Her family immigrated to the United States when she was young. Because of an accidental slip of my son’s ...
By Kwame Anthony Appiah I’ve been going to a hairstylist who promotes his all-natural, organic dye as healthy for hair. I never questioned it, until at my most recent visit he dyed my hair the ...
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on device privacy in relationships. By Kwame Anthony Appiah I’m a 60-year-old man who has been divorced for eight years now. Since my divorce, I have not ...
By Kwame Anthony Appiah Throughout our 55 years of marriage, my husband and I have never once cheated on our taxes. Now the man who mows and trims our lawn has asked us to pay him in cash instead ...
By Kwame Anthony Appiah My children attend a public elementary school in one of the country’s largest school systems. The school is notably diverse; more than 40 percent of the students are low ...
By Kwame Anthony Appiah My husband of 52 years was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease 10 years ago. Currently I am a full-time caregiver. I hope to place my husband in a memory-care facility ...
By Kwame Anthony Appiah I’m a man who’s been with my husband for over 35 years. Some 12 years ago, I began a second relationship with another man. I didn’t seek it out, but it has deeply ...
By Kwame Anthony Appiah Although I’ve always wanted children ... I sometimes think that hand-wringing over a young woman’s choice to donate her eggs reflects sexist assumptions.
"I think compromise is just a massive trend when it comes to relationships in general, but in this one and in these circumstances, huge," Kwame Appiah tells PEOPLE of blending lives with wife ...
the young couple is safe from drugs, violence and the vast possibilities of rash behavior. Teenage love may not last, but it is love. Let them have that joy, too. — Jackie Kwame Anthony Appiah ...
Advice on life’s trickiest situations and moral dilemmas from the philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah. SUBSCRIBER-ONLY NEWSLETTER Advice on life’s trickiest situations and moral dilemmas from the ...