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Robert Fuller: The Moral Arc Of The Universe

2013-05-22T12:50:39Z

One reading of the human story emphasizes war and domination. Another telling highlights overthrowing tyrants and progressively emancipating ourselves. The key to deciding which of these perspectives is predictive of the human future lies in a paradoxical property of power.

Read more: Religion and Science, Enlightenment, Golden Rule, Politics of Dignity, Ethics, Brotherhood of Man, Morality, Religion News

Jodi Halpern: Don't Blame Empathy

2013-05-20T17:04:31Z

People care about more than numbers. They care so much about subjective well-being that they are willing to trade years of life for improved quality of life. Cold reason is really not sufficient to assess anyone's quality of life. That evaluation requires a robust application of empathy.

Read more: Public Policy, Philosophy, Moral Compass, Unemployment, Reason, Empathy, Public Health, Morality, Veterans, Moral Values, Decision-Making, Emotional Intelligence, Mental Wellness, Healthy Living News

Steven A. Krueger: Moral Relativism And Commencement Politics

2013-05-20T11:36:48Z

It has become a rite of spring in the past decade: the commencement speaker controversy involving a U.S Catholic bishop and a prominent Catholic political figure upon whom an honorary degree will be bestowed by a Catholic college.

Read more: Commencement Politics, Catholic Church, Boston College, Abortion, Moral Relativism, Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis, Cardinal Sean O?Malley, Archdiocese of Boston, Religion and Politics, Enda Kenny, Communion Wars, Irish Catholic Church, Religion News

Cindy Wigglesworth: Good Human Beings and the Right Temporoparietal Junction

2013-05-18T10:43:21Z

What sets a truly noble person apart? What makes a Gandhi, Dalai Lama, or Mother Teresa different? There is a decision made by these people to hold themselves to a higher standard. They make a decision to live up to noble values -- to live from their highest nature. In what part of the brain does this ability reside?

Read more: Psychopaths, Rebecca Saxe, Neuroscience, Goodness, Empathy, Ethics, Nobility, Morality, Brain Science, Why We Judge Others, Temporoparietal Junction, TED Weekends News

William E. White: Our Unethical Republic

2013-05-17T14:07:57Z

Obedience to the law is not enough. Americans demand legal and ethical behavior from themselves and their fellow citizens.

Read more: Corruption, Citizenship, Law, American Revolution, Irs Scandal, American Values, 1776, Civics, Self-Government, Legal, The Idea of America, Value Tensions, Citizens, Congressional Insider Trading, American History, Values, Great Britain, Ethics, Standardized Testing, Military Sexual Assault, Politics News

Religious Leaders Respond To Human Cloning Breakthrough

2013-05-15T19:17:50Z

By David Gibson
Religion News Service

(RNS) News that scientists had for the first time recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos prompted d...

Read more: Video, Human Cloning Religious Objections, Human Cloning Ethics, Bioethics, Human Cloning Religious Perspectives, Ethics, Human Cloning, Religion News

Bruce Weinstein: Christine Quinn's Brave Choice

2013-05-15T13:29:16Z

If only a small fraction of the people afflicted with bulimia or alcoholism are moved by Quinn's revelation and seek treatment, her decision to make her private struggles public will have greatly served the public interest.

Read more: Christine Quinn, The Ethics Guy, Politics, Alcoholism, Ethics, 2013 Mayoral Election, Eating Disorders, Christine Quinn Bulimia, Bulimia, New York City, Bruce Weinstein, Politics News

Will Kermit Gosnell Change The Abortion Debate?

2013-05-14T21:05:16Z

By David Gibson
Religion News Service

(RNS) Even before rogue abortionist Kermit Gosnell was convicted in Philadelphia on Monday (May 13) of deli...

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Markets Turn People Evil: Study

2013-05-13T16:10:46Z

Markets can make people do bad things.

That's the disturbing -- but sadly not all that shocking -- conclusion of a recent experiment by two German ...

Read more: Markets, Insider Trading, Wall Street, Economics, FInancial Markets, Finance, Economy, Morality, Markets Morals, Morals, Mark Gongloff, Market Morals, Business News

Dr. David P. Gushee: National Repentance Begins With Guantanamo

2013-05-13T16:00:08Z

We have not repented of the torture that we facilitated after 1993 and implemented after 2001. Because we have not repented, we are all the more at risk of doing the exact same thing under new conditions or a new president.

Read more: Religion and Politics, Guantanamo Hunger Strike, War on Terror, Torture, Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, Ethics, Repentance, Religion News

Frank Vogl: Good Governance Requires Dimon to End Dual Roles at J. P. Morgan Chase

2013-05-12T18:45:47Z

Breaking up the biggest banks because they are perceived as "too big to fail" is unrealistic. What is needed, however, are improvements in the transparency and the accountability of governance in these institutions.

Read more: Barclays, Citi, Dimon, Governance, J.P. Morgan Chase, Ethics, Banking, Hsbc, Integrity, Ubs, Jamie Dimon, Jamie Dimon JP Morgan, Business News

Robert Fuller: Rankism vs. The Golden Rule

2013-05-08T11:01:10Z

Many insist that man's predatory practices are undiminished and ineradicable. But an opposing trend is becoming visible. While admitting that "the arc of the moral universe is long," Martin Luther King Jr. believed that "it bends toward justice."

Read more: Peace on Earth, Dignity, Religion and Science, Enlightenment, Golden Rule, God, Ethics, Brotherhood of Man, Good Will, Morality, Faith, Theory of Everything, Rankism, Religion News

Rabbi Adam Jacobs: An Open Letter To The Theist Community

2013-05-07T13:32:33Z

In the same way as you would never use a Stradivarius as a door stop or a Porsche as a plough, we must strive to not cause the masses to believe that authentic, transformational, brilliant and beautiful spirituality is just so much vapor.

Read more: God, Spirituality, Ethics, Judaism, Atheism, Spiritual but Not Religious, Jewish Parenting, Religious Hypocrisy, Religious Leadership, Authentic Spirituality, Religious Nones, Religion News

Paul Ratner: Cloning

2013-05-03T19:04:25Z

In no small measure inspired by BBC America's Canadian-produced tricky and fun new series Orphan Black, which centers heavily on cloning what-ifs, I came back to this simmering question (thanks, TV!) -- why not cloning?

Read more: Dna, TV Canada, Television, Canada Tv, Bbc, BBC America, Ethics, Science, Orphan Black, Genetics, Cloning, Culture, Orphan Black Tatiana Maslany, Weird News News

Ira Israel: The Business of Teaching Yoga

2013-05-06T12:56:53Z

Yoga Teachers will sink or swim together. The sooner we figure out a sustainable win-win business model regarding how to freely share the benefits of this rich tradition, the sooner we will all prosper. Ommmmmmmmmmm.

Read more: Yoga, Small Business, Yoga Teacher, Ethics, Sustainability, Therapy, Sustainable, Yoga Teaching, Yoga Teacher Training, Yoga Teachers, Healthy Living News

Poll: Wide Majorities Of Most U.K. Religions Support Assisted Suicide

2013-05-02T19:12:25Z

By Trevor Grundy
Religion News Service

CANTERBURY, England (RNS) A new poll finds overwhelming support for assisted suicide for the terminally il...

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Nancy Cohen-koan: What You Wear Might Kill

2013-05-01T11:42:05Z

As more and more people are arrested over the horrible neglect that led to so many deaths in the Bangladesh factories, one can't help but think of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City in 1911, and wonder how much has changed.

Read more: Komodo Dragon, Bangladesh Building Collapse, Bangladesh Factory Fire, Fire, Malcolm McLaren, Komodo Fashions, Ethics, Business News

John Friedman: When -- and How -- Did Business Become the Enemy?

2013-04-26T10:52:28Z

Is this just rationalization for not advancing people (or shipping jobs overseas), a justification to avoid feeling guilty about not passing the reigns to a generation champing at the bit for their turn to be in charge, or something more?

Read more: Skills, Workers, Workplace, Harvard University, Trust, Business Leaders, Ethics, Sustainability, Millennial Generation, Business, Workers Rights, Business Ethics, American Red Cross, Unions, Business News

POLL: Christians Say Smoking Pot Not A Sin

2013-04-25T10:21:02Z

By Lauren Markoe
Religion News Service

WASHINGTON (RNS) American views on marijuana are evolving much like their views on gay marriage, according ...

Read more: Cannabis, Video, Religion and Drugs, Moral Majority, Marijuana, Christianity, Marijuana Sin Poll, Morality, Marijuana Legalization, Legalize Marijuana, Religion and Marijuana, Religion-and-Politics, Religion News

John Gerzema: The Athena Doctrine: The Rise of Feminine Values in Leadership

2013-04-22T14:41:24Z

For the poor, basic services remain the key to survival; and in Lima's busy streets, no one has done more to help them than the women's police unit founded by activist Silvia Loli.

Read more: Women, Leadership, Morality, Peru, Girlup, UN Foundation, Books News

David Katz, M.D.: Means, at the Ends of Ethics

2013-04-19T12:58:57Z

The language of the Second Amendment, however it is interpreted, is about means. Some manner of access to guns for some portion of the citizenry is the means, and something like defense against tyranny and protection of liberty the presumably intended ends.

Read more: Second Amendment, Tyranny, U.S. Senate, Bill of Rights, Liberty, Dr. David Katz, Ethics, Public Health, Gun Control, Guns, Gun Control Debate, Gun Control Laws, Senate Gun Vote, Gun Control Legislation, Senate Gun Control, Politics News

Daniel Dworkin: Gun Control and Leadership

2013-04-19T12:57:57Z

Senators have constituents to answer to -- voters and interest groups -- and winning future elections means keeping them happy. Self-preservation is logical. Self-preservation that compromises your values and negatively impacts the country is a lack of leadership.

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Dov Seidman: Born or Made? Wrong Question. Relevant Leaders Are Increasingly Self-Made

2013-04-15T13:50:37Z

"Self-making" requires tough work, and it requires that we undertake an ongoing journey. After all, if we don't self-make or re-make our leadership approach, we won't succeed, and many of us will be out of a job, supplanted by others who are more attuned to our new sources of advantage.

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The University of Central Florida Forum: As Young Simulation Industry Matures, Now Is Time to Define Ethical Standards

2013-04-12T16:31:21Z

As our industry matures, how do we ensure that simulation design is done in a manner that stands on the most ethical foundation, that truly understands the effect simulations have on the audience, and how the creation processes are formed?

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Robert Fuller: The Source of Indignity

2013-04-12T16:01:49Z

What people really want in relationships is dignity, not domination. While it's not hard to understand why people who have suffered oppression might fantasize taking a turn at domination, to actually do so is to over-reach.

Read more: Somebodies and Nobodies, Peace on Earth, Indignity, Dignity, Science, Religion and Science, Enlightenment, Golden Rule, Beautiful Friendship, Models, Religion, Miracles, Politics of Dignity, God, Identity Politics, Brotherhood of Man, Model Building, Good Will, Symmetry, Morality, Explanation, Love, Belief, Faith, Truth, Theory of Everything, Rankism, Religion News