The argument for individual conscience: Only a deep internal exploration can distinguish between right and wrong, ethical and unethical, moral and immoral, virtue and sin, honor and disgrace, etc.

The big thinkers at Aperture explore what morality really is and why it matters in philosophy. Hungary’s prime minister dropped a CPAC bombshell. Now this House Democrat has questions. What a US ...

The language of morality carries an old-fashioned ring. In this era when millions worship markets and technology and expressive individualism and the politics of power, morals can appear to be a ...

Exploring the origins and definitions of morality and how it guides human behavior.

I noted in my last post that many science-minded moral philosophers suggest that morality should aspire towards utilitarian goals (maximizing welfare for the greatest number of people/beings). I also ...

View of children in a kindergarten classroom at the Horace Mann School, Tulsa, Okla., 1917. As schools across the country experience book bans and attempts to limit the curriculum, in Texas one group ...

In other words, modern societies still speak constantly about “rights,” “justice,” “fairness,” “freedom,” and “dignity,” yet ...

We tend to marvel at the righteous. Yet, many of them don't marvel back. Moral masochism, the preoccupation with sacrifice and, thus, being good, is often written about when discussing perfectionism ...