Morals

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

Deane Waldman | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics


Deane Waldman

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

The Morality Police and the Divine Feminine

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living


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.

Like Stephen Douglas, Cheney on the Wrong Side of History

Alexi Giannoulias | Posted 06.24.2009 | Chicago


Alexi Giannoulias

As an Illinoisan, I was struck by how the side-by-side speeches of Barack Obama and Dick Cheney this past Thursday paralleled those of the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates 150 years ago.

Doing the Right Thing Will Solve the Mid-East Crisis and is Good for Your Mental Health

Leeat Granek, PhD | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics


Leeat Granek, PhD

The back page of the New York Times, Week in Review section had an anthropologist and a psychologist claiming a solution to the mid-east crisis. It's ...

Former MN Senator Becky Lourey: Why Not Let Moral Principles Guide Governance?

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics


Georgianne Nienaber

Image: Coleen Rowley, Congressman John Murtha, Becky Lourey (2006 G. Nienaber) It was late September 2006 and Minnesota was in the throws of mid-ter...

When You Do The Right Thing For The Wrong Reasons

moreintelligentlife.com | ALLISON SCHRAGER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Some of the reasons why people give to charity may be consideed selfish. People give to increase their social standing, gain publicity, attend a fun p...