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Moral Philosophy
Nicole has been dating someone for a while but it's not working out from her point of view. Is sudden radio silence an ethical option?
A controversial new philosophy paper tries to bring our moral prejudices to heel. Should it?
We all have a place in our lives where we look the other way and pretend everything is fine. It's a built-in excuse to act selfishly.
The philosophy of sex is going through a recalibration period.
"Conceptual isolation" offers an agreeable solution.
Philosophy can focus on some dull topics. Luckily, some thinkers have spent lots of time on the philosophy of sex
The debate goes back at least 400 years.
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A philosophical debate spanning creation, free will, and a sneaky teapot.
A proponent of panpsychism argues moral truth is inherent in consciousness.
Are people are more likely to act less emotionally and more rationally when speaking their second language?
Diogenes engaged in shocking behavior to demonstrate the contradictions, small-mindedness, and sheer absurdity of prevailing social conventions.
Evolutionary pressures drove the formation of tribes who encoded their values in myths and symbols. Was this cooperation cursed?
In "The History of Western Philosophy," Bertrand Russell made it clear whose thinking he admired — and whose thinking he didn't.
The utilitarian “greatest happiness principle” has remained popular for two centuries — is it time for a rethink?
Your five-year-old can probably spot a cop-out.
There's a link between dark personality traits and breaches of battlefield ethics.
Psychologists are finding that moral code violations can leave an enduring mark — and may require new types of therapy.
Many have argued that morals are relative, but Russia's war crimes reveal the hollowness of that belief. Morality is universal and objective.
After 10,000 years of civilization, have we figured out what virtue is?
One of the fundamental questions for those studying and advocating progress is around understanding what variables can move the needle for the type of progress that you might want to see in the world. It's a key focus of the "progress studies" discipline and a question that has received increased attention from academics and public intellectuals in recent years.
Why, exactly, should you die for your child?
Patients with amygdala damage rejected the widely accepted answer to the infamous "trolley problem," saying that it "hurts too much."
In the philosophy of Star Wars, the Sith are evil because they surrender to passion. But is a life of total rationality a “good” life?
Gradualism rejects the idea of a "bright line" in the abortion debate.
We often laugh at inappropriate things, but not when we are emotionally invested. Laughter cannot be serious. So, can we ever laugh at death?
A philosopher unpacks the paradox in using the word "evil."
Sometimes breaking a rule is the ethical thing to do.
