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Ronald W Dworkin
The Doctor as Priest

The New Atlantis - Summer, 2025

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinJune 1, 2025The New Atlantis
How Reading Augustine Dispels Ideological Illusions

Civitas - May 30, 2025

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinMay 30, 2025Civitas
When Life Becomes Unending Variations on Disease

Civitas -  April 30, 2025

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinApril 30, 2025Civitas
When I Lost My Intuition

Aeon -  March 3, 2025

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinMarch 3, 2025Aeon
From Imperium to Expansionism

Quillette - February 24, 2025

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinFebruary 24, 2025Quillette
Doctors and Democracy

Hedgehog Review -  January 7, 2025

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinJanuary 7, 2025Hedgehog Review
A Very American Madness

Quillette - December 12, 2024

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinDecember 12, 2024Quillette
Wisdom and Pain

Hedgehog Review -  Fall 2024

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinNovember 3, 2024Hedgehog Review
The Algorithm and the Hippocratic Oath

Hedgehog Review - Sept. 20, 2024

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinSeptember 20, 2024Hedgehog Review
Selling Happiness Through Illusions

Quillette - August 30, 2024

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinSeptember 3, 2024Quillette
The Moral Psychology of the Whistleblower

Law and Liberty - June 10, 2024

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinSeptember 3, 2024Law and Liberty
Last Hours of an Organ Donor

Aeon - May 9, 2024

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinMay 11, 2024Aeon
The Last Sanctuary

First Things - May 10, 2024

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinMay 11, 2024First Things
The Radical Humanitarian Doctrine

Quillette - (November 14, 2023)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinNovember 14, 2023Quillette
The New American Anarchists

Law and Liberty - (November 7, 2023)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinNovember 7, 2023Law and Liberty
Tyranny of the Rules

JAMA Cardiology - Sept. 27, 2023

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinSeptember 27, 2023JAMA Cardiology
Paging Dr. Bot

Hedgehog Review - (Sept. 7, 2023)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinSeptember 7, 2023Hedgehog Review
Analyzing Anxiety

Law and Liberty - (August 30, 2023)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinAugust 30, 2023Law and Liberty
When Politics Becomes Therapy

Law and Liberty - (July 31, 2023)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinJuly 31, 2023Law and Liberty
Happiness Requires Resistance

First Things - (April, 2023)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinApril 1, 2023First Things
Ideology and Terror

Law and Liberty - (March 8, 2023)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinMarch 8, 2023Law and Liberty
Hope, Trust, and Religious Faith

Quillette - (January, 23, 2023)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinJanuary 23, 2023Quillette
Hippocrates Among the Intellectuals

Law and Liberty - (Nov. 23, 2022)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinNovember 23, 2022Law and Liberty
Diagnosing Modern Medicine

Law and Liberty - (Nov. 15, 2022)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinNovember 15, 2022Law and Liberty
When to Break the Rules

Law and Liberty - (Sept. 20, 2022)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinSeptember 20, 2022Law and Liberty
Recovering Real Expertise

National Affairs - (Fall, 2022)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinSeptember 20, 2022National Affairs
The New Prohibition

Quillette - (July 7, 2022)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinJuly 7, 2022Quillette
The Politics of Unhappiness

First Things - (May 2022)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinMay 1, 2022First Things
Coronavirus in a Time of Partisanship

Law and Liberty - (April 6, 2022)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinApril 6, 2022Law and Liberty
The Ideological Aversion to Harm Reduction

Quillette - (Mar. 17, 2022)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinMarch 17, 2022Quillette
Medical Humanities and the Specialist

Hedgehog Review - (Spring 2022)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinMarch 17, 2022Hedgehog Review
In Science We Trust?

Law and Liberty - (Mar. 17, 2022)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinMarch 17, 2022Law and Liberty
Is it Really "Art" if AI Makes it?

Pairagraph Dialogues - (Jan. 31, 2022)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinJanuary 31, 2022Pairagraph Dialogues
Genetics Generalities

Law and Liberty - (Dec. 30, 2021)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinDecember 30, 2021Law and Liberty
Poe and the Tell-Tale Heart of Science

Law and Liberty - (Oct. 8, 2021)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinOctober 8, 2021Law and Liberty
The Korean Wave and the Decline of American Order

Law and Liberty - (Sept 3, 2021)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinSeptember 4, 2021Law and Liberty
Woke Capital: A Dialectical History

American Affairs - (Fall, 2021)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinSeptember 4, 2021American Affairs
Motherhood: The Explanation of Everything

Law and Liberty - (August 2, 2021)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinSeptember 4, 2021Law and Liberty
Too Many Doctors in the House

Hedgehog Review - (Summer, 2021)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinJuly 2, 2021Hedgehog Review
The Politicization of Unhappiness

National Affairs - (Winter, 2021)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinJanuary 4, 2021National Affairs
A Moderate's Manifesto

The American Purpose - (November 11, 2020)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinNovember 11, 2020The American Purpose
In Defense of "Me-First Capitalism"

City Journal - (October 6, 2020)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinOctober 6, 2020City Journal
A Tale of Two Protests

The American Interest - (July 21, 2020)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinJuly 21, 2020The American Interest
Fear and Faith in a Pandemic

Law and Liberty - (July 8, 2020)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinJuly 8, 2020Law and Liberty
Teams of Rivals

Law and Liberty - (June 12, 2020)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinJune 12, 2020Law and Liberty
To Beat COVID-19, Science Needs the Humanities

The American Interest - (May 22, 2020)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinMay 22, 2020The American Interest
Everyday Unhappiness

Law and Liberty - (May 20, 2020)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinMay 20, 2020Law and Liberty
Doctors and the Danger of Rule Dependency

The American Interest - (April 29, 2020)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinApril 29, 2020The American Interest
Diagnosing America's Pandemic Response

The American Interest - (April 15, 2020)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinApril 16, 2020The American Interest
A Short-Term Fix for the Ventilator Shortage

The American Interest - (March 31, 2020)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinApril 16, 2020The American Interest
A More Sustainable Pandemic Strategy

The American Interest - (March 27, 2020)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinApril 16, 2020The American Interest
A Healthy Dose of Reality on Medicare for All

Law and Liberty - (February 10, 2020)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinMarch 23, 2020Law and Liberty
Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Managerial Class

The American Interest - (March 21, 2020)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinMarch 23, 2020The American Interest
Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Your Doctor?

The American Interest - (February 21, 2020)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinMarch 23, 2020The American Interest
Driven to the Edge

The American Interest - (December 4, 2019)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinDecember 4, 2019The American Interest
Neuroscience Culture and the Sins of Vaping

The American Interest - (October 21, 2019)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinOctober 21, 2019The American Interest
Artificial Intelligence: What's to Fear?

The American Interest - (October 8, 2019)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinOctober 8, 2019The American Interest
Why Do We Look to Science as a Guide for Living?

Law and Liberty - (July 22, 2019)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinJuly 22, 2019Law and Liberty
Why Big Business Loves Gender Neutrality

The American Interest - (July 13, 2019)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinJuly 11, 2019First Things
Belief Limbo

First Things - (August/September, 2019)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinJuly 11, 2019First Things
The Law of Nature and the Love of Self

The American Interest - (May 2, 2019)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinMay 2, 2019The American Interest
The Virtue in Shame

The American Interest - (March 20, 2019)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinMarch 21, 2019The American Interest
The Arrogance of Public Health Advocacy

The American Interest - (February 1, 2019)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinMarch 21, 2019The American Interest
The Limits of Science

National Affairs - (Winter, 2019)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinJanuary 14, 2019National Affairs
What Harvard Needs to Make Leaders

The American Interest - (December 5, 2018)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinJanuary 3, 2019
America's Permanent Mobs

The American Interest - (October, 22, 2018)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinOctober 22, 2018
Where Science Ends and Religion Begins

Hudson Institute - (October 17, 2018)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinOctober 17, 2018
The New Landowners

The American Interest - (September 6, 2018) 

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinSeptember 23, 2018
Misdiagnosing the Opioid Crisis

The American Interest - (July 26, 2018)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinJuly 26, 2018
Slow and Steady

The American Interest - (July 4, 2018)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinJuly 26, 2018
The Fifties Were Awful, But Not the Way You Think

The American Interest - (May 7, 2018)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinMay 25, 2018
In Defense of Adjuncts
In Defense of Adjuncts

The American Interest - (February, 7, 2018)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinFebruary 7, 2018
The Logic of Zero Tolerance

The American Interest - (November 27, 2017)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinNovember 27, 2017
Capitalism’s Character Types

American Affairs - (Winter, 2017)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinNovember 27, 2017
No More Shenanigans
No More Shenanigans

The American Interest - (May, 2017)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinMay 18, 2017
Karl Marx to the Rescue
Karl Marx to the Rescue

The American Interest - (October, 2015)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinOctober 26, 2015
A Feeling for Pain
A Feeling for Pain

The New Atlantis - (Spring 2014)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinApril 18, 2014
Re-Imagining the Doctor
Re-Imagining the Doctor

National Affairs - (January 2014)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinJanuary 18, 2014
The Contradictions of Pain Therapy
The Contradictions of Pain Therapy

Policy Review - (December/January 2013)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinJanuary 26, 2013
Psychotherapy and the Pursuit of Happiness
Psychotherapy and the Pursuit of Happiness

The New Atlantis - (Spring 2012)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinMay 26, 2012
Retirement and the Social Contract
Retirement and the Social Contract

Policy Review - (February/March 2012)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinMarch 26, 2012
The Rise of the Caring Industry
The Rise of the Caring Industry

Policy Review - (June/July, 2010)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinJuly 26, 2010
An Anesthesiologist’s Take on Health Care Reform
An Anesthesiologist’s Take on Health Care Reform

The Wall Street Journal - (August, 20, 2009)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinOctober 20, 2009
A Clinical Perspective on Placebo Research: Looking back, looking forward
A Clinical Perspective on Placebo Research: Looking back, looking forward

The American Journal of Bioethics - (Vol. 9, Issue 9, Sept. 2009)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinSeptember 26, 2009
The Next Sexual Revolution
The Next Sexual Revolution

The Wall Street Journal - (Dec. 18, 2007)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinDecember 18, 2007
Freud’s Will to Power
Freud’s Will to Power

New York Sun - (Nov. 29, 2006)

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American Culture PoliticsRonaldWDworkinNovember 29, 2006
Where Have All the Nurses Gone?
Where Have All the Nurses Gone?

The Public Interest - (Summer, 2002)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinJuly 26, 2002
The Wellness Gospel and the Future of Faith
The Wellness Gospel and the Future of Faith

Policy Review - (April/May, 2002)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinApril 26, 2002
Science, Faith, and Alternative Medicine
Science, Faith, and Alternative Medicine

Policy Review - (August/September, 2001)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinSeptember 26, 2001
The Medicalization of Unhappiness
The Medicalization of Unhappiness

The Public Interest - (Summer 2001)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinJune 26, 2001
Why Doctors are Down
Why Doctors are Down

Commentary - (May 2001)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinMay 29, 2001
The New Gospel of Health
The New Gospel of Health

The Public Interest - (Fall 2000)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinOctober 28, 2000
The Cultural Revolution in Health Care
The Cultural Revolution in Health Care

The Public Interest - (Spring 2000)

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Medicine and SocietyRonaldWDworkinApril 30, 2000
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