First Links — 11.8.12

Life Fares Well on the Ballot in 2012
Michael J. New,  The Corner

Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury
John Bingham, Telegraph

Oddballs of the Nineteenth Century
Evan Kindley, The New Republic

Modernity and the Privatization of Purpose
Thomas Storck,  Ethika Politika

Is Contemporary Society More Conducive to Evil?
Clare Carlisle,  The Guardian

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