Ethics
“My dad asked me if I had been to tutoring and I lied… Then he showed me the tablet."
Psychologists are finding that moral code violations can leave an enduring mark — and may require new types of therapy.
Mahāyāna is the most popular type of Buddhism in the world today.
Is science for everyone, or just the morally upright?
They believe in meritocracy, yet leave their kids massive wealth.
Many have argued that morals are relative, but Russia's war crimes reveal the hollowness of that belief. Morality is universal and objective.
Many Americans aren't rejecting spirituality, just practicing it differently.
In the future, people may look back with horror at how humans treated AI in the 21st century.
Inside the metaverse, your emotions and physical responses will be monitored, and AI will use that data to influence you in real time. Is that essentially mind control?
Satanic cultists don't even believe the Devil exists. Satanism is largely a religion focused on secular humanism and hedonism.
What if your best friend was an informant?
After 10,000 years of civilization, have we figured out what virtue is?
Every Christmas could be the last Christmas.
The "attention economy" corrupts science.
Successful forgers are remembered as great conmen, not artists. This is strange, considering their forgeries fooled even the most seasoned critics.
Synthetic biology has the power to cure and kill. Have we learned from our past mistakes?
Instead of liberation, the sexual revolution has led some people, particularly men, to be addicted to porn.
Literature's first utopia shows how far we've come.
Turning away is a natural response.
Why, exactly, don't you trust that person's opinion?
Some animals were even assigned their own lawyers.
The Arabic word fatwa can mean “explanation” or “clarification.”
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We're still using 800,000 gallons of embalming fluid a year, but burials are becoming far less common.
Why, exactly, should you die for your child?