The language of morality carries an old-fashioned ring. In this era when millions worship markets and technology and expressive individualism and the politics of power, morals can appear to be a ...

How do kids develop a sense of right and wrong? Have you ever wondered why some people stand up for what's right while others struggle to make good choices? Psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg had the same ...

One just needs to Google “torture devices of the Middle Ages” to come out feeling sick to their core. For a large part of human history, torture was commonplace and also viewed as an essential means ...

Prof. Kristen Monroe discusses the socio-psychological and ethical aspects of moral courage. Is moral courage a random, adventitious phenomenon, or can people be socialized to heed their ethical ...

We tend to marvel at the righteous. Yet, many of them don't marvel back. Moral masochism, the preoccupation with sacrifice and, thus, being good, is often written about when discussing perfectionism ...

The mental health world has a term for psychological distress that happens when your values are violated. Credit...Vanessa Saba Supported by By Christina Caron When Jennifer S. Wortham was a teenager, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For many Americans, the gap between Christian teachings and MAGA politics is baffling. How can people profess faith in Jesus ― who ...

In the face of what can only be described as a “polycrisis,” where climate change, war, poverty, and disease converge to overwhelm us, the need for creative solutions has never been more pressing. In ...

Originalism can be moral even if some individual provisions, as originally understood, fail to pass universal tests for morality. What matters is not the morality of the individual rules, but the ...