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?

Choosing to live with strong morals isn't always easy, but doing so models how to be a good, dependable person for others. Everyone has a set of morals that they live by, whether they realize it or ...

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 ...

Morality existed long before influential philosophers, such as Aristotle and Immanuel Kant, developed their own moral theories. It has existed alongside humanity since the beginning of time. Despite ...

I spent the summer of 2011 as an undergraduate researcher at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, in Colorado. My job was to collect burying beetles—necrophagous critters with wing cases the ...

In today’s society, are we doing our children a service by teaching them ethical and moral behaviors? There are so many people who don’t have a strong moral compass who do quite well in our society.