Pew Research Center asked adults in 25 countries about morality on gambling, abortion, contraceptives. Here’s what U.S. adults think ...

The language of morality carries an old-fashioned ring. In this era when millions worship markets and technology and expressive individualism and the politics of power, morals can appear to be a ...

I noted in my last post that many science-minded moral philosophers suggest that morality should aspire towards utilitarian goals (maximizing welfare for the greatest number of people/beings). I also ...

Our judgment of the morality of other people’s actions influences our social judgement of them. Of all the moral domains, ...

How do kids develop a sense of right and wrong? Have you ever wondered why some people stand up for what's right while others struggle to make good choices? Psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg had the same ...

A new book finds this evidence in rational arguments. And in something those arguments can’t capture. There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the ...

“In the beginning was the Word.” Where I’m from, Texas, most kids recognize this opening line of the Gospel of John by the time they’re five: God’s verbal transmutation of chaos into order.