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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Is there such a thing as Western culture?
During the Cold War it was used to contrast the two sides of the Iron Curtain. Kwame Anthony Appiah explores the confusion of using the term. Later it became a way of distinguishing between the ...
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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 ...