We’ve all grown up with a sense of what’s “right” and what’s “wrong.” Don’t lie. Don’t steal. Be kind. Respect your elders. But have you ever stopped and asked yourself—why do we believe these things?

Rapid advancements in science and technology are transforming every aspect of human life, and with them come urgent questions ...

Recently, I’ve been lucky enough to be around a lot of people who I would regard as moral heroes. They spend their lives fighting poverty, caring for the young or the sick, or single-mindedly ...

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Dr. Emanuel is a physician and the vice provost for global initiatives and a professor of medical ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania. We have failed. When a coalition of 34 ...

Jake Tapper thinks Republicans are trying to have it both ways. The CNN host laid into House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday, asking the Louisiana Republican if the GOP can claim to have any morals if ...

As a fellow Utahn currently living in Africa — and having previously lived in Cambodia — I read Paul Mero’s comments on free markets and tariffs with interest and concern. He speaks of the moral and ...

CNN anchor Jake Tapper pressed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) whether morals are ‘still important’ to the Republican Party amid President-elect Donald Trump’s latest picks for his Cabinet. Tapper ...