In A Nutshell Researchers tested two types of moral arguments on 375 Americans: one focused on preventing harm and ensuring ...

I was pleased that my Oct. 10 opinion piece was used by Lou Matz’s University of the Pacific philosophy class to generate discussion on the morality of abortion, a topic introduced in his Moral ...

Travis Rieder is an associate research professor at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. His new book, Catastrophe Ethics, is out on March 5. Modern life is morally exhausting. And ...

Everything I have said and done is these last years is relativism, by intuition. From the fact that all ideologies are of equal value, that all ideologies are mere fictions, the modern relativist ...

IF a reporter is sent to interview a man, it is essential that he get hold of the right man, ply him with the proper methods, and sound him on the proper subjects. It is much the same with us. Some ...

Last November, the International Space Station (ISS) had to dodge space junk again. The ISS had to fire its thrusters to avoid a collision with space junk in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The ISS fired its ...

It seems the moral imperative for climate action just isn’t computing. In Europe, hope for the ambitious climate action we need was whittled away this summer, with the G-7 reneging on its earlier ...

Having a strong moral compass is often associated with forgiveness. Many religious traditions preach absolution of others’ sins; this is one of Jesus’ central teachings, and it is a central virtue of ...

David, a 42-year-old journalist, sturdily built with a rugged demeanor, was sent to my psychotherapy practice by his internist. David told me he has trouble sleeping and suffers from chronic stress, ...