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Should we be ashamed of ourselves?

Should we be ashamed of ourselves?

Thinking about shame in George Eliot's Daniel Deronda and the world

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“I say this to shame you.”

The Apostle Paul, 1 Corinthians 15:34

I am a proponent of public shaming. For example, when I am on public transportation and someone is watching TikTok on full volume with no headphones, I turn my head slowly, intentionally, to look at the offending individual. I will let my gaze linger on them for a moment with puzzlement, lon…

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