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 ...

A new book finds this evidence in rational arguments. And in something those arguments can’t capture. There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the ...

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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 ...

“We made the world we’re living in,” writes James Baldwin, “and we have to make it over.” Today these words ring truer than ...

Credit: Getty Images Although it is not a formal psychiatric diagnosis, moral injury can have deep effects on the mental health of veterans. Moral injury – a distinct condition from post-traumatic ...