Babies and the Birth of Morality
May 21, 2017
Doing the right thing is often an extremely difficult task. Yet psychological research indicates that…
Morality Tagged Episodes
Tainted by the Sins of Our Fathers?
January 29, 2017
Imagine discovering that your grandfather was a serial killer. Would you feel guilty about it?…
The Moral Lives of Animals
May 29, 2016
From Aristotle and Kant to Hume and Darwin, philosophers and scientists have long denied the…
When Is It Wrong to Save a Life? Lessons from the Trolley Problem
May 15, 2016
A trolley is approaching a track junction, and you happen to be standing by the…
Nations and Borders
January 24, 2016
One’s country of birth has a profound effect on life prospects. It’s often best to…
The Demands of Morality
November 22, 2015
We all want to lead a moral life. But even if we all agreed on…
Are Some People Better Than Others?
August 23, 2015
Egalitarian principles play an important role in our moral and political discourse. Yet there’s no…
Economics: Science or Cult?
April 19, 2015
With the recent global economic crisis, many people wonder if our economic policies are built…
Morality in a Godless World
March 29, 2015
Belief in God is thought by many to be the only possible source of morality,…
Why Be Moral?
January 18, 2015
Morality tells us how we ought to behave, if we want to do the right…
The Moral Costs of Climate Change
November 23, 2014
Global climate change confronts us not only with well-known pragmatic challenges, but also with less…
What Are Leaders Made of?
July 13, 2014
There seems to be a paradox in leadership: the qualities of ruthlessness and opportunism necessary…
Is Nothing Sacred Anymore?
March 23, 2014
Tribal societies lived in a world of the sacred and profane, ritual and taboo. Is…
Forgive and Forget
February 23, 2014
At least forgive OR forget. Get things behind you. All good advice for those who…
Abortion
March 24, 2013
Nothing stirs up controversy like abortion. To some, it carries the steep moral cost of…
Is It All Relative?
February 3, 2013
We’ve all heard a disenchanted teenager claim that everything is relative and that there is…
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