JOHN STUART MILL
January/February 2012
Western liberals are happy to speak truth to power—when they are sure they won't be thrown in prison or the subject of a fatwa
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April 2009
The Western democratic state depends on a public space that is free, peaceful, and equally accessible to every citizen. How far can we go in shaping the space to meet the demands of ‘public morality’, before we upset this delicate balance?
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September 2008
Roger Kimball blames the revered advocate of 'experiments in living' for our inability to escape from the quagmire of moral nihilism
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