Writing about morality in 2024 is risky business — especially in less than 800 words. Any subject encompassing religion, belief systems, norms and the titanic struggle between good and evil is ...

In the popular imagination, there is still quite a widespread assumption that religion is the source of morality. This is typically based on a belief that religion transmits the moral edicts of a ...

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In a New Yorker cartoon, two self-contented businessmen relax in wingback chairs. One says to the other: “I, too, longed to find a cause greater than myself. Fortunately, I never did.” The roots of ...

Much of the current political conversation seems crude, hostile and immoral. Yet our country's founders stressed that a virtuous, educated and moral citizenry is ...

In the popular imagination, there is still quite a widespread assumption that religion is the source of morality. This is typically based on a belief that religion transmits the moral edicts of a ...