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 ...

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 ...

Reviewed Works: The ethical brain: The science of our moral dilemmas Michael S. GazzanigaMoral minds: The nature of right and wrong Marc D. Hauser Politics and the Life Sciences is an ...

In the opening article of your recent special on morality, Fiery Cushman suggests we should recognise that “morality is a property of the mind” (16 October, p 41). What is not clear is whether he ...

Few would begrudge scientists pride in the incredible achievements of their discipline. But many people do resent the ways in which these achievements have encouraged certain of their number to launch ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

What makes someone good or bad, right or wrong, immoral or moral? The science of morality has picked up a lot of steam in the last decade, seeking to understand how we develop a moral sense and how ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

If evolution is about survival of the fittest, how did humans ever become moral creatures? If evolution is each individual maximizing their own fitness, how did humans come to feel that they really ...

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 ...

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 ...