Why do so many people think Donald Trump is good? (Part 1)

David Brooks explains that the work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre helps illuminate some central questions of our time.

Part 2

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Excerpt to the first link: "There’s a question that’s been bugging me for nearly a decade. How is it that half of America looks at Donald Trump and doesn’t find him morally repellent? He lies, cheats, steals, betrays, and behaves cruelly and corruptly, and more than 70 million Americans find him, at the very least, morally acceptable.

Some even see him as heroic, admirable, and wonderful.

What has brought us to this state of moral numbness?

I’m going to tell you a story that represents my best explanation for how America has fallen into this depressing condition. It’s a story that draws heavily on the thinking of Alasdair MacIntyre, the great moral philosopher, who died in May at age 94. It’s a story that tries to explain how Western culture evolved to the point where millions of us—and not just Republicans and Trump supporters—have been left unable to make basic moral judgments."

Part 2