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Moral Progress and the Problem of Slavery

Zealots at the Gate

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The Longing for Moral Purity in Our Political Culture

Sally Kohn: What's going on in our political culture that we long for this level of purity from these people, that it is so scandalizing that they had a different moral vision from us? She says there are really important differences between Muslim approach and Christian approach. Kohn: I love David's Psalms but can enjoy those things knowing he did some abominable things. But it seems that our American culture today can't abide that.

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