Shows tagged with : Morality

  • June 30 : Whodunit: The Language of Responsibility
    Who is responsible for the broken vase in the foyer? How harshly should criminals be punished for their crimes? Did Justin Timberlake mean to disrobe...
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  • May 05 : Good, Evil, and the Divine Plan
    A theodicy is an explanation by a philosopher or theologian about why a world created by a kind and all-powerful God contains so much suffering. It...
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  • April 28 : The Demands of Morality
    We all want to lead a moral life. But even if we all agreed on what that would mean, we still have to to balance our own self-interest with the...
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  • March 24 : Abortion
    Nothing stirs up controversy like abortion. To some, it carries the steep moral cost of destroying human life, while to others, it represents an...
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  • February 03 : Is It All Relative?
    We've all heard a disenchanted teenager claim that everything is relative and that there is no absolute morality or truth.  Of course, there...
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  • January 13 : The Moral Costs of Free Markets
    We live in a market-driven society – our day-to-day lives consist of buying and selling goods and services, and to some, our ability to do so without...
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  • December 02 : Are Some People Better Than Others?
    Egalitarian principles play an important role in our moral and political discourse. Yet there’s no doubt that some people are smarter, stronger, or...
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  • September 16 : Why Be Moral?
    Morality tells us how we ought to behave, if we want to do the right thing. But is there a reason why we ought to be moral in the first place? Both...
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  • August 12 : Neuroscience and the Law
    Recent advances in neuroscience have revealed that certain neurological disorders, like a brain tumor, can cause an otherwise normal person to...
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  • April 15 : What Are Leaders Made of?
    There seems to be a paradox in leadership: the qualities of ruthlessness and opportunism necessary to attain power and become a leader are not...
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  • May 26 : Summer Reading List 2013
    Summer is the perfect time to dig in to deep reading. Heidegger's Being and Time may be a bit much to take on vacation, but there are lots of...
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  • June 02 : Gay Pride & Prejudice
    The question of gay rights has become a hot button issue, with opposition taking on the air of a moral panic and support taking on the air of a...
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  • June 09 : Physics, Philosophy, and Theology
    The world disclosed by the physical sciences can seem depressing. Modern physics, for example, has undermined the religious idea that the universe...
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  • June 16 : Educaton and the Culture Wars
    In contemporary democracies, the state is responsible  for providing children with an education. But parents surely have both the right and...
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  • June 23 : Nations and Borders
    One’s country of birth has a profound effect on life prospects. It's often best to go elsewhere. But moving is not always so easy. Borders and...
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  • June 30 : Whodunit: The Language of Responsibility
    Who is responsible for the broken vase in the foyer? How harshly should criminals be punished for their crimes? Did Justin Timberlake mean to disrobe...
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  • July 21 : Freedom and Free Enterprise
    “Freedom” can mean many things, but it stands most centrally for metaphysical freedom: the human capacity to choose among options, based on one’s own...
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