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Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn is Professor of Law and History at Harvard University and author, most recently, of Christian Human Rights.

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Law & Justice

Resisting the Juristocracy

The cult of the higher judiciary had its limits long before the left failed to block Kavanaugh. Now the only progressive move is to reclaim democracy.

Samuel Moyn

Class & Inequality

Mark Lilla and the Crisis of Liberalism

The critique of identity politics ignores the role that neoliberalism and neoconservatism have played in creating our present situation.

Samuel Moyn

Forum Response

Putting Rights in Their Place

Some future version of human rights might escape its current limitations.

Samuel Moyn

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

Rights vs. Duties

In the age of human rights, the language of duties has withered.

Samuel Moyn

Arts in Society, Philosophy & Religion

Did Christianity Create Liberalism?

On Larry Siedentrop's Inventing the Individual: The Origins of Western Liberalism.

Samuel Moyn

       

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