Should I Help My Aging, Ailing Dad Access His Toxic Web Feed?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to assist a family member when they want to watch conspiracy-mongering videos.

What Should I Do With My Portrait of a Slaveholding Ancestor?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to handle articles of history from a difficult past.

What Should I Do About My Bird-Killing Cat?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether an outdoor cat can be kept inside and how to handle a relative with aggressive parenting tactics.

My Colleague Is Secretly Holding Two Jobs. Should I Expose Her?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the over employed and the under ambitious.

My Stepdad Has Alzheimer’s. Can My Mom Date Someone Else?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on marriage vows and stolen library books.

My Roommates Have Been Listening to My Therapy Sessions. Is That OK?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on an invasion of privacy and reporting misconduct at work.

The Moral Philosopher of YouTube

Dhar Mann has built an online video empire on contemporary fables.

My Sister Won’t Accept My Same-Sex Partner. What Should I Do?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how tolerance may hold together a family whose members have very different beliefs and values.

Can We Drop a Dog Walker for Her Political Opinions?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on considering someone’s point of view when paying for their services.

How Much Must I Give Up for My Schizophrenic Brother?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on weighing a sibling’s needs against your own — and more.

What Should I Do With My Grandfather’s Cringey Canvases?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the nudes that are no longer socially acceptable.

Should I Hang Out With Someone Whose Political Views I Hate?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether it’s hypocritical for a liberal to socialize with an increasingly extreme conservative.

How Should I Deal With an Unvaccinated Student?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the obligations faced by those who choose not to be vaccinated against Covid-19.

Can I Ask Co-Workers if They’ve Had the Covid Vaccine?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on why asking about vaccine status isn’t a question of etiquette but of public health.

Is It OK to Ask Health Care Providers if They’re Vaccinated?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on navigating a world in which vaccination against Covid-19 is both common and contested.

A Complaint Against Liberal Modernity, and a Solution: Faith

In “The Unbroken Thread,” Sohrab Ahmari sees Western society as having overreached on freedom and lost a sense of rootedness in tradition and community.