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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
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the value of donating to a fund-raiser for a pet in need — despite its owner’s bad habits.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on familial duty, genetic ancestry testing and privacy.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on what to do with a politically charged heirloom.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on taking a stand against homophobia and other forms of bigotry.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
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The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on random acts of kindness.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on grace, intellectual property, and pastorly accountability.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how a family might reconcile two very different belief systems.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to disclose a delicate decision to a loved one who may oppose it.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to uphold a professional expectation after leaving an abusive workplace.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the appropriateness of gender-exclusive spaces.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to equitably divide marital assets after a split.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to address a friend’s incendiary social media activity.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to shield a sibling from a painful truth.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether it’s appropriate to offer an unsolicited medical diagnosis.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
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The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on bookstore etiquette.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the moral implications of a friend’s stealing habit.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the duty one has to rectify an unpaid bill.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the financial support owed to an aging in-law.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how a parent might address social exclusion among a group of schoolchildren.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to contend with the racism in an old children’s book.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the integrity of a high school basketball team’s fund-raising campaign.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to manage relationships with loved ones you don’t really like.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether the intimate details of one’s life should ever be sold by someone else.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on upholding rules of discretion in a recovery community.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
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The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the burden that comes with obtaining genealogical information.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the moral concerns associated with certain medical exams.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to proceed in the wake of moral and civic disgrace.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to navigate another family’s disagreements.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to be empathetic while also respecting one’s own boundaries.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on a sensational side gig — and the shame associated with sex work.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether it’s appropriate to make a financial disclosure on someone else’s behalf.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to tell young children the truth about Christmas myths.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the duty citizens have to support one another, even across political divides.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on representing multiracial heritage, especially when the details are complex.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
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The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to broach a sensitive subject with one’s parent.
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to return artwork to its original source.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to support family amid troubling circumstances.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to show up for loved ones, even when we don’t agree with their choices.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to make amends after violating the conditions of a scholarship.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the kinds of disclosures we owe those close to us.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the burden of keeping destabilizing secrets.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to address financial imbalances in a marriage.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the complications of honoring a deathbed request.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the financial realities of family planning.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
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The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether parental responsibility should outweigh a person’s well-being.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the unplanned consequences of pet ownership.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether extenuating circumstances should outweigh a reasonable request.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the pressures of romantic promises and the shifting terms of a marriage.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the implications of casting a ballot in a country you have no plans to return to.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to assist a spouse in the midst of a life-or-death dilemma.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
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