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Objections raised about the school syllabus by parents, schools and civil society point to a bigger problem with the state.
United Airlines faced a public relations nightmare when they dragged a man off a flight in 2017 – until the blame shifted back to the victim.
We feel less shame in our personal lives than ever, which is a good thing. But we do still need our leaders to be bound by it.
What it means to be a good teacher has changed over time, along with prevailing views on what constitutes appropriate behavior.
Learning from what actually worked during the United Nations’ infamously ineffective 1994 peacekeeping mission in Rwanda may save lives in the future.
A business ethicist explores whether cannabis stocks fit in with a socially responsible approach to investing.
Researchers were surprised to learn that in 38 countries, lost wallets with higher sums of money were returned more often than those with smaller amounts.
Given there have been so many ethical breaches from parliamentarians in recent years, instituting a code of ethics is worth considering.
An analysis of billions of words in the Google Books database shows the way society has valued moral principles such as compassion, respect for authority, community values and fairness over time.
Beautiful people tend to lead more charmed lives. Could their attractiveness also color their views on issues like abortion, premarital sex and gay marriage?
Recognising animals as sentient means welfare laws must consider animals’ feelings as well as their physical conditions.
Research on the psychology of politics reveals that when issues are framed in terms of moral right and wrong, the possibility of compromise becomes very small.
Are Democrats or Republicans more caring about others? One study of the role compassion plays in politics provides some surprising answers. And then there were the outliers: Trump voters.
As fictional inventors make terrible choices on the big screen, real-world tech innovators can learn from their example how not to make the same kinds of ethical mistakes.
Whether the sins of our past stay with us forever has become a pertinent question of our time. A philosopher argues we don’t need to carry our past burdens – although there are some moral conditions.
Think you are a moral person? Research shows that we are often prone to act immorally when we think we’re moral.
Friendship requires that we be open to our friends’ ways of seeing things, even when they differ from our own. Is being a good person necessary for a good friendship? Who is a good person?
A philosopher’s take on the ethics of products that allow parents to lighten the skin colour of their unborn baby.
Many believe their morality comes from their religion. But evidence suggests that people’s opinion of what God thinks is actually what they believe is right and wrong, not the other way around.
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