Incentivizing good behavior can suffocate morality.
morality
Are humans terrible?
Maybe not, say new books by Richard Wrangham and Nicholas Christakis.
What greed looks like
The roots of our desire for money, pleasure, and power reach back to the Enlightenment.
Nadia denies that her journey is about morality, but it is.
Maybe Christian Realism is the best option we have today.
Looking at history through questions of power, sexual agency, and morality
Good reading and the good life
Reading books is a virtuous act.
A book about ethics—and nearly everything else
John Stackhouse's real-world ethics primer covers just about every subject, but it leaves out an important one.
When we fall in love with our own moral positions, we lose sight of how to stand up against evil.
Our political discourse features strong convictions about moral obligations—and widespread uncertainty about where they come from.
The comedy series doesn’t feel didactic—despite the fact that it features actual moral philosophy lessons.
Why scientific thinking matters for society
Andrew Shtulman's book isn't just about understanding data. It's about moral concern.
“We live differently than we say we live. There’s moral judgment all around.”
Morality transformed
The delight I felt while reading this book needs further interrogation, because its stories deal with troublesome subjects.
Too good for this world
If your mother is drowning in one location and two strangers in another, should you save your mother or the two strangers?