Judging someone’s thoughts or actions should take into account how much agency they have and the good or bad they are doing.

Many interactions these days have a kind of bumper-car quality to them. At work, at home, on the telephone, or via email: We sort of bounce off of each other while we exchange information, smile or ...

Hustling through an airport, I stopped to buy some water. At the shop's refrigerator, a man was bent over, loading bottles into it. I reached past him and pulled out one he'd put in. He looked up, ...