Until a half century ago or so, there was a moral consensus, however fraying, that informed and shaped the exercise of freedom in the Western world. The self-determination of human beings, of citizens ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite the disparities, countries are reopening without a plan to redress these unequal harms and protect the broader community ...

Public moral discourse is toxic. One reason it’s so bad is that people use their discussions of morality and politics for self-promotion, rather than to help others. You may have heard people accuse ...

In an era of bitter partisanship, political infighting and ostracization of those with unpopular views, Americans actually agree on one thing: 85% say political discourse has gotten worse over the ...

Companies often promote a particular set of values through a corporate mission statement, code of ethics or slogan. The extent to which individual employees apply these values on a day-to-day basis ...

As we recently celebrated the Fourth of July, I have been engaging in the rich and fruitful exercise of re-reading the Declaration of Independence. This reading has brought some important things to ...

In an earlier post (Why Forgiving Does Not Require an Apology, April 20, 2018), I argued that a wronged person who is contemplating forgiving need not await an apology from the one who offended. I ...

Economists may prefer to be value neutral, but many critics find fault in the relationship between economics and virtue ECONOMISTS prefer to sidestep moral issues. They like to say they study ...