Author: Samuel Moyn

What are the origins of human rights? This question, rarely asked before the end of the Cold War, has in recent years become a major focus of histo...

Sixty years ago, the political theorist Hannah Arendt, an exiled Jew deprived of her German citizenship, observed that before people can enjoy any ...

The rise of American Empire has coincided with appeals for a more humane war. But what if efforts to make war more ethical-to ban torture and limit...

No matter who wins the next election, Caesar will remain Caesar, doing some good and some bad. But Christians report to a different king. This iss...

No one has written with more penetrating skepticism about the history of human rights.Adam Kirsch, Wall Street JournalMoyn breaks new ground in exa...