Clarity comes from the inner soul; morality emerges from one's own conscience. Morality is not imposed from outside. The ...

In his new book, Moral Origins, evolutionary anthropologist Christopher Boehm speculates that human morality emerged along with big game hunting. Basic Books; Jenny Cool Why do people show kindness to ...

As noted, human beings are evolved nepotists, and it's clear that the ethical systems of the world reflect this aspect of human nature. The Old Testament, for example, admonishes us to honour our ...

Pope Saint John Paul II stated that the biggest question before a democratic society is how we live together. And in seeking an answer to this question, one has to ask, “Can a society survive without ...

On December 10, the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) will reach its three-quarters of a century milestone. Adopted on the same day by the UN General Assembly in 1948, the ...

Visual representation of the framework for how the scale and distance afforded by the internet distorts our evolved reactions for compassion for victims and punishment of transgressors in moral ...