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My Mom Failed to Warn Me About an Abuser. Should I Tell My Dad?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on cycles of abuse and a heartbreaking family secret.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on cycles of abuse and a heartbreaking family secret.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on a physician’s bedside manner — and the difference between justifiable concern and judgment.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on marital deception.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The Magazine’s Ethicist columnist on boundaries in friendship and other intimate relationships.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on what happens when the implications of marital vows to love “in sickness and in health” become increasingly urgent.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether a co-parent’s wishes should matter to a pregnant woman.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on what your friends have a right to know about your health.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s ethicist columnist on what to do when forced to play lifeguard.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to handle deception by a friend.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the limits of personal responsibility.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on artificial intelligence platforms, and whether it’s hypocritical for teachers to use these tools while forbidding students from doing the same.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on professional boundaries.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to disclose a devastating, destabilizing secret.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to honor a dead writer’s wishes.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
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The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the responsibility an institution assumes once it exhibits an artist’s work.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to fib for a relative, especially when you don’t think the ends justify the means.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the concerns posed by a child’s hobby.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on double standards — and possible hypocrisy — among educators.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to honor a spouse’s seemingly irrational request about privacy and assisted reproduction.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether it’s OK to profess love if you’re uncertain you feel it.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
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