Samuel Moyn teaches law and history at Yale University, and is the author of The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History and Christian Human Rights. Update your account password & emailSubscribe to Commonweal
Article Rawls & Theodicy Did liberalism originate in a kind of theodicy? And is there any reason to suppose that egalitarian liberalism is or has to be theological? Not necessarily. By Samuel Moyn October 30, 2019 Philosophy Theology Secularism and Modernity
Article Neoliberalism, Not Liberalism, Has Failed The real task is not to identify a replacement for liberalism, but rather to correct decades of ideological polarization and institutional decline By Samuel Moyn December 3, 2018 Secularism and Modernity Philosophy Book Essay
Article What is the Basis for Human Equality? One of the most fundamental American tenets—that all human beings are created equal—is nowhere near universally accepted By Samuel Moyn November 28, 2017 Secularism and Modernity Ethics