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If you think this essay is smart or good, please familiarize yourself with Brooks's history. I'll leave the judgement to you

• eevilspock 11y ago
  But what if you disregard the author and judge the content of the essay itself?
  • visarga 11y ago
    I have no idea who Brooks is, and liked the essay. It has excellent expressions like: "a moral vocabulary", "It is easy to slip into a self-satisfied moral mediocrity. You grade yourself on a forgiving curve" and "reason and compassion are not strong enough to consistently defeat selfishness, pride and self-deception. We all need redemptive assistance from outside." These resonate as true for me.
  • eli_gottlieb 11y ago
    There is no content. It's moralistic-sounding waffle that doesn't even manage the genuine moralizing of, "The Bible prohibits so-and-so" or "You should do more for the Third World".