Should I Renounce a Religious Group That’s Taken a Bad Turn?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to remain a part of a religious organization that’s behaving in an unenlightened ...
What’s the Rule About Looking at Women in Public?
What is the rule about looking at women in public? As a red-blooded male, I would like to stare, but of course that’s rude ...
Can Accepting Money for Volunteering Be the Right Thing to Do?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the wages of charitable work.
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Kwame Anthony Appiah
This year’s BBC Reith Lecturer is Kwame Anthony Appiah, a British-born, Ghanaian-American philosopher, cultural theorist and novelist. Appiah specialises in moral and political philosophy ...
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Is the essence of religion a belief in God… or something more?
Journalist, Sonia Sodha reflects on the first of Kwame Anthony Appiah's Reith Lectures. Ask anyone what it means to be religious and you’re likely to get some sort of variation on “believing ...
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I’m Speaking at a Friend’s Funeral. Can I Tell a Story that Could be Wrong?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the fallibility of memory. By Kwame Anthony Appiah I am going to tell a brief story about my friend at his funeral. The incident happened 65 years ago.
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Should a 13-Year-Old Be Pressured Into Having an Abortion?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on bodily autonomy and medical consent. By Kwame Anthony Appiah I am a physician in New York State who considers reproductive autonomy to be a basic human right.
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The Ethicist
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 ...