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Philosophy November 5, 2015
The Beauty and the Costs of Extreme Altruism
What if you were so troubled by suffering and inequality that you changed your life entirely?
Samuel Moyn
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History January 21, 2015
Bonfire of the Humanities
Historians are losing their audience, and searching for the next trend won’t win it back.
Samuel Moyn
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History August 12, 2014
The Burkean Regicide
Does David Bromwich’s idea of a Burkean left amount to anything more than contempt for Obama?
Samuel Moyn
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Language Arts October 16, 2013
Dignity’s Due
Why are philosophers invoking the notion of human dignity to revitalize theories of political ethics?
Samuel Moyn
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March 12, 2013
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Covert Ops February 5, 2013
Torture and Taboo: On Elaine Scarry
How the work of a literary critic became the proxy for our preoccupation with the horrors of torture.
Samuel Moyn
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History November 7, 2012
Totalitarianism, Famine and Us
Have histories of famines caused by totalitarianism become a distraction to the new politics of hunger?
Samuel Moyn
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May 15, 2012
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Culture February 29, 2012
Of Deserts and Promised Lands: The Dream of Global Justice
Jenny Martinez and Kathryn Sikkink offer conflicting histories of the ascendency of international courts.
Samuel Moyn
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Foreign Policy September 14, 2011
Soft Sells: On Liberal Internationalism
Why does John Ikenberry think the sorrows of liberal internationalism are temporary?
Samuel Moyn