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Will the Tragedy of the Commons Claim our Dignity?

Julia Thompson | May 6, 2013 | Society

In a recent Wall Street Journal interview, AEI scholar and bioethicist Leon Kass explained the dangers that come from an increasing indifference to matters of human dignity. When asked to speak about the ghastly findings in the now infamous abortion clinic of Kermit...

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Julia Thompson is a copywriter and editor at the Institute for Humane Studies.

The Constitution: Understanding America's Founding Document

Faith and Public Life | May 2, 2013 | Society

We are excited to announce the release of a new Values & Capitalism book, “The Constitution: Understanding America’s Founding Document.” In this book, Michael Greve explains how to think seriously about the United States Constitution and...

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Give Me Your Tired and Poor, But Not Your Sick and Elderly

Alexis Hamilton | April 30, 2013 | Society

Since 2009, Washington’s Death with Dignity law has allowed terminally ill individuals to commit medically assisted suicide by obtaining a prescription for a lethal overdose from their doctors. Now, according to Wesley J. Smith’s recent post on his Human...

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Alexis Hamilton

Alexis Hamilton is a graduate of Davidson College in North Carolina and The University of Georgia School of Law.

What Jim Wallis, Chicago, and Free-Market Economists Can Teach Us About the Common Good

Tyler Castle | April 26, 2013 | Society

After the tragedy in Boston last Monday, Americans came together. The sports section of the Chicago Tribune ran a graphic that stated, “We are Chicago Red Sox. We are Chicago Celtics. We are Chicago Bruins. We are Chicago Patriots.” For a day, the people...

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Tyler Castle is the director of AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. He is a graduate of Westmont College and a former John Jay Institute Fellow.

The Plowboy, the Milkmaid, and the Priest

Elise Amyx Daniel | April 17, 2013 | Society

If you won the lottery tonight, would you show up at work tomorrow morning? A recent survey found only 36% would stay at their current job if they hit the jackpot. The other 64% would either retire or hope to find a lower-paying job they enjoy more. The poll results...

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Elise Amyx Daniel

Elise works at the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics and grew up in Fairfax Station, VA.

From Where Will America's Salvation Come?

Tyler Castle | April 16, 2013 | Society

Since Ronald Reagan’s 1976 indictment of the “welfare queen”—a figurative woman from Chicago who received numerous government checks and drove a Cadillac—Republicans have been seen as insensitive and uncaring defenders of the rich. This characterization is not...

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Tyler Castle is the director of AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. He is a graduate of Westmont College and a former John Jay Institute Fellow.