The Ways of Lust
By PAUL BLOOM

HOW does lust affect the way we think about people? …The real worry that people have with pornography — and with lust more generally — is that the targets of the arousal are seen as losing certain uniquely human traits. They are thought of as lower-status beings, stripped of dignity, more like animals than people….

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The G.O.P.’s Racism Tweet
By JULIET LAPIDOS

It took three-and-a-half hours for the Republican National Committee to amend a tweet.

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The Minimum We Can Do
By ARINDRAJIT DUBE

…individuals are often willing to sacrifice their own payoffs to punish those who are seen as acting unfairly…. Support for increasing the minimum wage stretches across the political spectrum.