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AuthorPaul Morrow

Paul Morrow is the John M. Meagher Human Rights Fellow at the University of Dayton. He is also Professor of Philosophy, University of Dayton. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Vanderbilt University. His book 'Unconscionable Crimes: How Norms Explain and Constrain Mass Atrocities' is forthcoming from MIT Press.
In 1970, a 16-year-old Laotian boy drew a picture of his school being bombed. ‘Many people’ died, he wrote, ‘But I didn’t know who because I wasn’t courageous enough to look.’ Legacies of War, CC BY-SA.

Whether in war-torn Ukraine, Laos or Spain, kids have felt compelled to pick up crayons and put their experiences to paper

by Paul Morrow May 21, 2022May 21, 2022

To me, one of the most valuable features of children’s art is its power to highlight unique aspects of everyday life in distant places, while conveying a sense of what can be upended, lost or destroyed.

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