A little trust can be a dangerous thing.
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If you want to get involved in shady business, find someone who’s loyal − but not ethical.
Thinking about issues’ impact on their own lives can help people envision more common ground.
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Changing the ‘psychological distance’ someone feels toward an issue can shift their attitudes in ways that might help people on opposite sides of an issue see more eye to eye.
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When it feels like so many people are in need of compassion, how do we decide where to direct it?
The scene in the Bureij refugee camp following an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Nov. 14, 2023.
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Proportionality requires that lives of civilians on both sides of a conflict must be treated with the same degree of respect.
The UK is currently 16th out of 50 European countries in terms of the best pension offering.
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How does the UK ensure a decent standard of living for its elderly population?
Rep. George Santos on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 24, 2023.
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A political philosopher writes that voters may put up with some degree of deception from politicians, but they may not accept being lied to unnecessarily.
Christian leaders are influential in Ghanaian lives.
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Christian leaders in Ghana are pushing the envelope of influence in political affairs.
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Philosopher Markus Gabriel argues that a new enlightenment based on moral facts is necessary to overcome the darkness of our times.
A teacher tells a story to a group of students.
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Children’s books that feature Asian protagonists are rare. Two scholars decided to offer their own in their attempt to reduce racial prejudice.
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Do competitive, market-like interactions encourage immoral behaviour? A study of 18,000 people in 45 experiments shows there’s no simple answer.
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Interviews with religious and spiritual sex workers examine how these seemingly opposite life choices can interconnect and coexist.
Church Wedding in the Eastern Cape, 1920.
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Before colonialism black South Africans viewed sex and morality very differently than today.
Allegations of sex discrimination should be a watershed moment not only for Welsh rugby but the people of Wales.
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A BBC Wales investigation reported claims of a ‘toxic culture’ of sexism and misogyny within Welsh rugby’s governing body.
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The new book is structured around apartheid profiteers, war profiteers, state capture profiteers, welfare profiteers, failing auditors, conspiring consultants and bad lawyers.
Laws from different places and eras largely reflect a universal human sense of justice.
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What people consider to be fair and just today are in line with the laws of ancient Mesopotamia and the Tang Dynasty in China – suggesting that these intuitions are part of human nature.
The 2022 event was cancelled but then given permission to go ahead.
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The non-stop four-day dance party is always controversial – this year because of threats of terrorist attacks.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during the 2022 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations on Aug. 1, 2022.
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Policymakers often think of their decisions about nuclear weapons as moral, a nuclear ethicist explains – which is key to understanding their motives.
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Some might argue ‘moral enhancement’ medicine already exists — such as when we take medicine that alters our brain chemistry. Where do we draw a line?
Most African countries have tough anti-gay laws.
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Being gay in Africa can pose culturally specific challenges which the dominant, heterosexual culture may find difficult to accept.
Socially responsible investing is becoming more popular.
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Environmental, social and governance investment funds claim to help save the planet and better society, but the reality is more complex.