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Topic: Morality_Matters

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org
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The science of forgiveness

Megan Feldman Bettencourt
(AP/Andy Loveridge)

Scott Timberg
A photo of the author's mother.

My mother is dying right now

George Hodgman
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I am a recovering racist

Jonathan Odell
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My painter with Tourette's

Tamara Ireland Stone
The Naugler Family (blessedlittlehomestead.org)

Free-range or neglectful?

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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I also left my kid in the car

Compiled by Salon staff
(AP)

Your heroes were A-holes

Dan Falk

Is morality hard-wired?

Laura Miller