Michael Moynihan: True character emerges in time of crisis

Is the pandemic less about existentialism than it is a matter of essentialism?

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Mon, 13 Apr, 2020 - 01:00

Michael Moynihan

Is the pandemic less about existentialism than it is a matter of essentialism?

No, the lockdown hasn’t tipped me over the edge. My question is this: Are we seeing people and institutions for what they really are, their basic make-up, in this time of trial?

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