You might find this essay by Jonathan Rauch to be interesting reading: http://reason.com/archives/1993/04/01/the-truth-hurts-the-humanitari http://reason.com/ar

You might find this essay by Jonathan Rauch to be interesting reading: http://reason.com/archives/1993/04/01/the-truth-hurts-the-humanitari http://reason.com/archives/1993/04/01/the-truth-hurts-the-hu... The book this was derived from, "Kindly Inquisitors", was recently reissued, and what a timely reissue!