We’ve all grown up with a sense of what’s “right” and what’s “wrong.” Don’t lie. Don’t steal. Be kind. Respect your elders. But have you ever stopped and asked yourself—why do we believe these things?

This post is in response to How Moral Principles Make Us Dumb By Jeremy E. Sherman Ph.D. Two weeks ago I said, "I never met a moral principle I could trust." One reader responded: Generalizations and ...

Fred McKinney may know a lot about “dollars and sense capital,” but his recent commentary “Biden is depleting his own moral capital” seems to indicate that he may have a problem not only with the ...

This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. Over the past eight ...

Pamela Furr is founder and Chief Financial Officer of Puzzle Box Academy and Kaleidoscope Interventions. Connect with her on LinkedIn. We often use the words morals and ethics interchangeably, and the ...

Dr. Emanuel is a physician and the vice provost for global initiatives and a professor of medical ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania. We have failed. When a coalition of 34 ...

CNN anchor Jake Tapper pressed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) whether morals are ‘still important’ to the Republican Party amid President-elect Donald Trump’s latest picks for his Cabinet. Tapper ...