A letter from July 29 indicated that the social issues of gay marriage and abortion are examples of a downward, sliding scale of morality by giving, in their words, “laughable and outlandish” examples ...

Political philosophers have long recognized the paradoxical connection between increased safety and greater perceptions of evil. The "Tocqueville paradox," named after the nineteenth-century French ...

There are several key areas of concern: morality, bias, and societal impact. AI as a technology has now begun to encroach into each of these domains. The self-driving car is perhaps the most relatable ...

Vox recently asked 15 experts on moral philosophy and public policy to answer the following question: "What do we do know that will be considered unthinkable in 50 years?" The resulting essays are ...

Some people argue that a company's sole purpose is to maximize profits and that focusing on any other concerns is a violation of fiduciary responsibility. But just because business is a highly ...

In his new book, A Natural History of Morality, Michael Tomasello begins with the startling suggestion that what we call “morality” is really about mechanisms of creating group structure—that there ...

Putting moral insight back into economics enhances understanding of political outcomes For much of the 20th century, the disciplines of moral psychology and economics were seen as distinct—each ...

Auxiliary Bishop Antonio Marino of La Plata, Argentina has warned Catholics not to fall into a relativistic mentality. As an example, he pointed to the sexual education text books recommended by the ...