Tag: Morality

Perhaps this kind of thinking is more widespread than we might think at first.

A new study done by a group associated with the University of Virginia correlates marriage with poverty levels in the U.S. What the study finds

Those who preach the white-hot hatred of God aren’t ultimately going to let a little schedule conflict get in their way.

“Based on the Antichrist’s orders, our tour group was being initiated into something called ‘Citizen Change Camp.’ A main part of our ‘initiation’ was witnessing the execution and torture of people who refused to denounce their Christian faith.”

Freakonomics reports on research that if you are told to wash your hands you’ll be more judgmental:

It’s called moral licensing: We drink Diet Coke — with Quarter Pounders and fries at McDonald’s. We go to the gym — and ride the

Paul Bloom in Nature says while modern psychology may be have it right that a moral sense is biological, it cannot explain how morals evolve:

In a cultural condition not unlike that of the Ancient Greeks, where personal ethics are subjective and it seems no one is ever totally wrong, the Judaeo-Christian approach points a way forward.