Morals

Are You Decent?

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 05.26.2012

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Sarah O'Leary

I learned long ago not to use God to justify my actions, to act like I'm superior to anyone else, or to rationalize my false need to control the lives of my fellow man and woman. Instead, I try my level best to cultivate my decency, and pray for other Americans to do the same.

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Know Before Whom You Stand: Learning From Everyone

Rabbi Jason Miller | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Morals, Yehuda Amichai, Ethics, Education, Torah, Judaism, Joshua Bell Washington Post, Joshua Bell Subway, Torah Wisdom, Mindfulness, Video, Religion News
Rabbi Jason Miller

We can all learn from those around us, and oftentimes we are forced to think in new and different ways when we keep an open mind to those who think differently than us.

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CNN Wasn't Wrong to Question Newt's Character

Nathan Harden | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Cnn, Character, Adultery, John King, Morals, Republicans, Newt Gingrich, Election 2012, Debate, Republican Primary, 2012 Election, Newt Gingrich 2012, Politics News
Nathan Harden

Were Republicans wise to stand up and cheer when Gingrich suggested that CNN had no right to question him about his marital history? I suggest not. Should Republicans pretend that moral character is irrelevant to politics? How could they?

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Is Banking Immoral? Wrong Question.

Jedediah Purdy | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Banking Immoral, The One Percent, Bain Capital, David Brooks, Mitt Romney, Banking Crisis, Morals, Investment Banking, Nick Kristoff, Business News
Jedediah Purdy

This is how we've learned to talk about our economy: as a matter of personal virtue and vice, from the overdrawn consumer to the one-percenter with the fifteen percent tax rate and some senators' private numbers in his iPhone.

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Help Me Understand...

John Joss | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Broadcasting, Television, ' Mammon, Advertising, 'Infotainment, Ethics, Radio, Morals, Network Television, Network Radio, Media, Communications, Media News
John Joss

... how supposed news reporters can get away with being advertising spokespeople. Lots of our local (San Francisco) radio people -- for example, spor...

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Do You Have The Moral Compass Of A Toddler?

bigthink.com | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Paul Bloom, Yale University, Morality, Philosophy, Morals, Society, Empathy, Yale, Fifty News

Are we born with a sense of morality? Or is ethical awareness something we arrive at only as we age? Like nature versus nurture, this is a question so...

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A Modern-Day Christmas Carol

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Ows, Holidays, Charles Dickens, Ethics, Mindfulness, Morals, A Christmas Carol, Scrooge, Occupy Movement, Video, Healthy Living News
Dr. Judith Rich

The story of A Christmas Carol is about what greed can do to the human soul and prices we all pay as a result. The greed that motivated Dickens' tale still permeates the collective consciousness today.

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A Parent, Community, and National Audit: It's Time for Adults to Shape up and Close the Hypocrisy Gap

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: National Audit, Community, Morals, Child Welfare, Families, Values, Parents, Impact News
Marian Wright Edelman

I urge every parent and adult to conduct a personal audit to examine whether we are contributing to the crisis so many of our children face or to the solutions they urgently need.

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Moneyball, Wall Street and Change

Mallory McDuff, Ph.D. | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Taxes, Morals, Moneyball, Brad Pitt, Wall Street Protest, Baseball, Wall Street, Economic Crisis, Moneyball Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street, Politics News
Mallory McDuff, Ph.D.

The movie -- and our fate as a country -- is also about openness to change, innovative problem-solving, and a moral ground that will benefit the team, rather than showcase individual players.

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Decline and Fall of British Values

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Morals, Great Britain, London Riots, Values, England Riots, Ten Commandments, World News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Who is a responsible for the moral rot in Britain? The police are blaming the youth for being hooligans, as if young people are supposed to learn values on their own. The politicians are blaming a culture of selfishness, egged on by Wall Street.

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Could You Be the Problem With Porn?

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Research, Utah State University, Desire, Morals, Undergraduates, Porn, Sexual Problems, Intimacy, Problems, Personal Values, Erotica, Sexual Enjoyment, Religious Influences, Pornography Consumption, Sexual Thoughts, Pleasuring, Intrusive Thoughts, Style News
Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright

Research indicates is that porn's probability of becoming problematic is first and foremost directly due to one's repression reaction. It's this suppression of the desire to look at porn that boosts one's longing for it.

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WATCH: Stop Motion 'Zero' Questions The Value Of Life

Posted 09.02.2011

Read More: Naples International Film Festival, Christopher Keseloz, Animated Films, Zero Film, Socioeconomics, Morals, Tim Burton, Film, Prejudice, Animated Short Films, Animation, Stop Motion, Christine Keseloz, Video, Naples, Discrimination, Film Festival, Arts News

"Zero" is beautiful stop motion short film about a world where people are born into a numerical class system. Our hero is born with a zero on his ches...

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Does a Nation Have a Soul?

Gary Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democratic Rights, Liberty, Human Rights, American Ideals, Morals, Democracy, Human Rights Abuses, Justice, Gary Hart, Politics News
Gary Hart

It is difficult to imagine that a mass democracy of 300 million could have a soul, because we don't know exactly what a soul is.

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God and The Marketplace

Matt J. Rossano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: World Religions, Marketplace, Religion, Trust, Economics, Fairness, Economy, Ethics, Religious Ethics, Evolution, Morality, Morals, Market Economy, Religion News
Matt J. Rossano

How did "market norms" of trust and fairness come to rule our everyday lives? Some recent studies have demonstrated the critical role God may have played in this evolutionary transition.

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WikiEthics: Why Wikileaks, Julian Assange and Morals Should Not Mix

Alex Becker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Julian Assange, Morals, Wikileaks Video, Wikileaks, Wikileaks Cablegate, Julian Assange Wikileaks, Wikileaks Iraq, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, Consequences, New York Times, Media News
Alex Becker

Julian Assange says that "capable, generous men do not create victims, they nurture victims." His words ring true, but he himself has little control over which victims he nurtures, and which he creates.

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The Neuroscience Of Moral Judgments

Dr. Douglas Fields | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Morality, Neuroscience Morality, Science of Morality, Ethics, Morals, The Inner Life, Morality Science, Healthy Living News
Dr. Douglas Fields

While some brain functions are localized to either the left or right brain, when it comes to moral judgments, reaching the right conclusion requires putting your two brains together.

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The Psychology of Morality and Raising Moral Children

Roya R. Rad, MA, PsyD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Moral Values, Children Morals, Morals, Morality, Moral Children, Children Morality, Psychology Morality, Healthy Living News
Roya R. Rad, MA, PsyD

Lawrence Kohlberg reported that there are stages individuals go through to grow a sense of moral value.

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Time for Shame to Make a Comeback?

Levi Ben-Shmuel | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Greed, Morality, Moral Intelligence, Morals, Religious Morality, Cultural Morality, The Giving Life, Healthy Living News
Levi Ben-Shmuel

One of the hallmarks of modern life in the U.S. is the complete lack of shame for acts and words that in previous times would have landed you in jail, or at least ostracized from the community.

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Doctor-Writers: What Are the Ethics?

Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hipaa, Confidentiality, Trust, Professionalism, Writing, Trepidation, Literary Phenomenon, Patient, Morals, Emotional Reactions, Fascination and Fear, Intricacies, Veritable Epidemic, Rule of Thumb, Trafficking, Awe, Pedestal, Ethics, Literary Genre, Nonfiction, Libel, Doctor-Patient Relationship, Doctor, Starters, Country of Origin, Medicine, Expectation, Medical Profession, New York News
Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD

There is a veritable epidemic of doctor-writers out there. What is going on? Are doctors suddenly in the kiss-and-tell mode? What about confidentiality? Professionalism? HIPAA?

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Balanced Life -- Do You Buy Green? Refrain From Nagging? Embody Virtue? Better Watch Yourself!

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Religion, Philanthropy, Virtue, Self-Mastery, Volunteering, Self-Awareness, Green, Happiness, Self-Entitlement, Cheating, Morals, Diet, Excercise, The Balanced Life, Healthy Living News
Gretchen Rubin

One interesting aspect of human nature is our tendency to pat ourselves on the back for being good, and then turn around and do something bad.

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Sacrifice: Choosing The Sacred Over the Profane

Scott Schwenk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom, Breath, Choiceless Awareness, Sacred, Liberation, Morals, Spiritual Path, Awakening, Healing, Inner Compass, Awareness, Profane, Los Angeles News
Scott Schwenk

What if there are no such absolutes as 'right' and 'wrong'?

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Jim Wallis Talks Wall Street Ethics, Move Your Money On 'The Tavis Smiley Show'

The Tavis Smiley Show | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Jim Wallis, Community Banks, Rediscovering Values on Wall Street, Ethics, Bailouts, Move Your Money, Morals, And Your Street, Sojourners, Bonuses, Wall Street, Main Street, Business News

Tavis: Always pleased to welcome Jim Wallis to this program. The president and editor-in-chief of "Sojourners" is also a best-selling author whose lat...

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Single Adults Have Sex -- Get Over It and Stop Covering It (and Peter Orzag)

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Moral Values, Religion, Ethics, Religion and Politics, Pregnancy, Morality, Morals, Child Out of Wedlock, Sexuality, Barack Obama, Orzag, Healthy Living News
Rev. Debra Haffner

I was astounded to see a news story this morning on the Today Show that President Obama's budget director Peter Orzag had a child out of wedlock -- was this considered news in 2010.?

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Personal Responsibility: In Education? Yes! In Health Care? No!

Deane Waldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Is a Right, Healthcare System, Medical Malpractice, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Hr 3200, Morals, Evidence Based Decision Making, Medical Negligence, Medical Errors, Root Cause Analysis, Healthcare Regulations, Personal Responsibility, Obama Healthcare, Ealthcare, Hipaa, ARRA 2009, Adverse Medical Outcomes, America?S Affordable Health Choices Act, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Ethics, Problem Solving, Single Payer, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Health Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Politics News
Deane Waldman

When President Obama gave his speech on health care, he spoke as though the phrase personal responsibility did not exist.

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The Morality Police and the Divine Feminine

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Morality Police, Governor Mark Sanford, Divine Feminine, Mistakes, Morals, Now, Cheating, Atonement, Cable News, S.C. Governor Mark Sanford, Forgiveness, Patriarchy, Reconciliation, Healthy Living News
Dr. Susan Corso

I am appalled at the coverage of Governor Mark Sanford's infidelity to his wife and sons. I am appalled at the moral posturing. I am appalled that we think we have the right.

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