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  • The Problem with the ‘Me Too’ Campaign

    The Problem with the ‘Me Too’ Campaign0

    “Me too.” If your social media feeds have been filled with your friends writing this phrase, you may be wondering exactly what’s going on. You can blame Alyssa Milano. On Sunday the actress tweeted: “Suggested by a friend: If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote ‘Me too’ as a status,

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  • The Problem with Moral Relativism

    The Problem with Moral Relativism0

    • March 1, 2016

    Whether you realize it or not, you probably adhere to a particular moral theory. If you formally studied ethics in college or later, chances are you know what your moral theory is. But even if you didn’t, it’s useful to bring your moral theory to full light so that it can be honestly considered and

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  • The Problem With Defining Certain Speech and Crimes as ‘Hate’

    The Problem With Defining Certain Speech and Crimes as ‘Hate’0

    We would all like to live in a world without hate. Indeed, most of us would like to live in a life without hate. But I would like to make another, and more modest, proposal regarding “Hate-“. By this, I mean the use of the word “hate” to add extra zing to some public policy

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  • The Problem With Conflating Sexual Advances With Sexual Harassment

    The Problem With Conflating Sexual Advances With Sexual Harassment0

    It is wrong to ask someone intrusive questions about his private life. A federal appeals court made that clear in allowing a woman to sue over invasive questions by federal officials. It ruled that she had a plausible claim that federal officials violated her constitutional privacy rights by questioning her about private details of her

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  • The Problem With America’s Legal System

    The Problem With America’s Legal System0

    The political culture is buzzing with controversy surrounding institutional racism, police brutality, victimless crime persecution, and so forth. People are talking about the desperate need for criminal justice reform. But that would only scratch the surface of the real problem. A more fundamental take begins with the tragedy of the commons. The tragedy of the

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  • The Problem With ‘Edgy’ Conservatism

    The Problem With ‘Edgy’ Conservatism1

    Conservatism has been on the rise in recent years. Yet with that rise, it increasingly seems that conservatives, even those who identify as Christians, have begun to trade the essence of the conservative temperament for a right-wing adaptation of postmodern angst and edginess. Edginess? It’s a fitting word for this spirit for, as Merriam-Webster defines

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