Retroactive Morality

Published on Princeton Alumni Weekly (https://paw.princeton.edu)

Retroactive Morality

By Richard L. Handelsman ’67

Published online June 28, 2020

In Response to: Princeton Renames Wilson School and Residential College, Citing Former President’s Racism [6]

Re: Damning Woodrow Wilson for his “racist thinking and policies.”

The Constitution prohibits Congress and the states from passing ex post facto laws: Sadly, the same ban applies neither to private institutions nor to morality.

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