morality

How much do we all contribute to big, systemic problems like racism and climate change?It’s easy to identify the pressing issues facing our world today,…

Could studying moral philosophy make you more moral -- or more of a jerk?Ethics philosophers are more ethical than the average individual — right? Well,…

What ethical dilemmas are people facing in their daily lives related to the pandemic or social distancing?In just months the world changed radically, and…

Can we trust an algorithm to make morally responsible driving decisions?Autonomous vehicles are quickly emerging as the next innovation that will change…

What should you have been be reading this summer—and how should you have been reading it? We’re often told that fiction offers us entertainment, moral…

What should we do with literature and philosophy from a discredited moral past?Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe lambasted Joseph Conrad’s novel Heart of…

What would you give up to help a random stranger?We can all agree that helping others is great, a deed worth doing. But devoting too much to helping…

The law treats attempted murder less harshly than murder — does that mean the attempted murderer was lucky to have failed?It seems reasonable to believe…

If a lion did a good deed, how would we know? Can animals ever act for moral reasons?From Aristotle and Kant to Hume and Darwin, philosophers and…

Would you let one man die to save five children? Would you kill a man to save those five children?A trolley is approaching a track junction, and you…