The president casts himself as the ultimate authority on good and evil — and believes it is his job to enforce it ...

Six Harvard professors in a variety of fields — from medicine and chemistry to economics and history — reflect on their mortality, their academic and personal lives, and the legacies they hope to ...

The ancient Greeks believed that those who govern society must possess not only power but also wisdom and moral virtue. The ...

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Author Michael Simon Baker examines the common moral principles found across the world’s major religions and philosophical traditions. NEW YORK CITY, NY, UNITED STATES, March 11, 2026 ...

“I found a new beginning by thinking about plants and animals,” Philippa Foot said of her attempts to reinvigorate virtue ethics. Now, there’s another thing to add to her list. Now, as we accustom ...

These bad apples taint everyone they touch. The solution is avoidance: It is best to stay away from people with the ...

Professors are seen to wield absolute power, and when this power inevitably takes a sinister turn, that corruption is presented as a mere symptom of academe’s deeper rot. This trope has a life beyond ...

Murray Rothbard was born 100 years ago this week and his time on earth was much too short. Yet in that time he was here, he added much to the intellectual ...

Are we all material—tissues and veins—or is there some nonmaterial substance, some essence, that transcends the corporeal ...

During World War I, Russell was an outspoken pacifist and criticized Britain’s involvement in the war.

President Donald Trump is trying to rebrand his presidency as some kind of religious or "moral crusade" in a dangerous ...