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Universal Ethics

An Universal Ethic for Science?

Nicholas Warner | Posted 08.22.2012 | Science
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Nicholas Warner

I realized that a universal moral imperative based on working to decrease suffering is something that I and, I think, many scientists could embrace, and upon which one might even become positively evangelical. More importantly, my student seemed to agree.

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Should Freethinkers Shun Or Claim The Language Of Spirituality?

Valerie Tarico | Posted 12.28.2011 | Religion
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Valerie Tarico

We now know that the moral dimension of human life derives not from religion but from our need, as social animals, to cooperate and live in community with each other.

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Raising Moral Kids without Gods: Wisdom Commons

Valerie Tarico | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Valerie Tarico

Research shows us that healthy human children come into the world primed to become moral members of society, just like they come into the world primed to acquire language.

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