IT is a little curious that there is not a single science in which man is constitutionally, and therefore directly interested, to which Emanuel Kant has not, in one way or another, written a Prol ...

Dr. Molly Crockett is a neuroscientist known for her research on human morality, altruism and decision making. Formerly an associate professor at the University of Oxford, Crockett joined the Yale ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The Marshall M. Weinberg Symposium — hosted Thursday and Friday in the Michigan League — focused ...

In an interesting piece about the independence of morality and religion, my fellow Psychology Today blogger Gad Saad rightly reports that many religious people believe that morality is an example of ...

Especially in the twenty-first century, where we live in a world of computers, cell phones, automobiles, electricity, advanced medicine, and all of the wonders of modern society, it is very easy to ...

The quest to detach morality from divine revelation has only led to one dead end after another. Can science tell us how we ought to behave? In Science and the Good, a book that crosses the boundaries ...

Our eyes, gestures, and tone bring us together in a more profound way than words alone. It’s why we look hopefully toward the return of in-person, face-to-face connection. Moving on, I’d like to ...

Researchers often use hypothetical scenarios to understand how people grapple with moral quandaries, but experimental results suggest that these scenarios may not always reflect real-life behavior.

When it comes to teaching science, the quest for breakthrough research seems to be an ever-present goal. But with advances in biotech, ethics issues are unavoidable and must be brought up in the ...

While many welcome plan to make Moral Science compulsory from upcoming academic year, some point to curriculum overload and question efficacy of learning values through classroom teaching The State ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I am a faithful book buyer and an omnivorous ...