As wars fraught with incredible savagery engulf the world, as individuals with a lust for wealth, power and revenge are catapulted to leadership roles and then use their position to plunge nations ...

I had to laugh when John Bartholomew started off a letter impugning the morals of atheists by citing Richard Carnes’ assessment of Kim Jong Un (“Atheism is the reason Kim Jong Un can’t be trusted,” ...

Do you share the widespread assumption that morality has to be based on religion? If so, are you willing to check that assumption? Both those on the Left and those on the Right, both the foes and ...

I heard on the radio recently that only one-third of Americans believe in absolute moral truth. It made me think of people I have heard about who committed terrible crimes, and when asked if they ...

One defensive reply from those who favor legalizing and authorizing torture of military detainees is that those of us who oppose it are preening morally or subject to moral vanity. Unfortunately, when ...

Sure, there’s compromise in the give and take between you and others but not just that. There’s compromise within yourself if you have more than one moral standard. To take a simple example, the 10 ...