Moral Obligation

The Titanic, Climate Change And Avoidable Tragedies

Peter M. J. Hess, Ph.D. | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Titanic, Evolution, Overpopulation, Climate Change, Moral Obligation, Christianity, Green Faith, Climate Deniers, Religion News
Peter M. J. Hess, Ph.D.

Like the Titanic, our present-day industrial civilization is a marvel of human ingenuity, and yet, a reckoning looms on the horizon.

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Don't turn the page on our translators

Zachary J. Iscol | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vietnam, Obama, Iraq, Translators, Barack Obama, Moral Obligation, President Obama, Iraq War, World News, Politics News
Zachary J. Iscol

Last night, in a sobering prime time address from the Oval Office, President Obama called for us to turn the page on Iraq. But for thousands of Iraqi...

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The Latino Community Wants Accountability in 2010

Clarissa Martinez De Castro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Clarissa Martinez De Castro

The promise of change that energized voting and participation in 2008 is bringing hundreds of Latino community leaders to Washington today.

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Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures

Clarissa Martinez De Castro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Clarissa Martinez De Castro

As if blaming immigrants for global warming, the financial crisis, and every other ill that is currently affecting our society wasn't enough, Mark Kri...

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Health Care, Immigrants, and the Character of Our Country

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

With an issue like health, the faith community has a unique and important role to play -- to define and raise the moral issues beneath the policy debate.

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If You Escaped the Meltdown, What Should You Do?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Economic Crisis, Moral Obligation, Deepak Chopra, Financial Crisis, Economy, The Giving Life, Healthy Living News
Deepak Chopra

Let's say that someone has avoided the worst of the economic meltdown and actually wants to help. The influence of fear, selfishness, uncertainty, caution, and pessimism still clouds the issue.

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