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Can South Africans be friends across ‘racial’ boundaries? Yes and no.
Young black South Africans have been raised to believe that friendship across the races is an indicator of progress. Now, a generation into democracy, they are questioning this.
Civility at the core of American democracy, whatever politicians say
A philosopher argues that Trumpism may have vulgarized electoral politics, but he has also unwittingly illuminated brilliantly one of America's greatest accomplishments: a civil democracy
Why money is an impoverished metric of generosity
There are few things Americans like more than lists and money, but ranking philanthropists on the monetary size of their giving distorts our understanding of generosity, argues one ethicist.
Ancient Greeks would not recognise our ‘democracy’ – they’d see an ‘oligarchy’
What would Aristotle have thought of modern liberal democracy? It's complicated.
We see sacrifice as going without – is that what’s holding us back?
Whenever we talk about refraining from things, it is bound up with piety and martyrdom. A different approach could help realign us with the planet.
Our latest scientific research partner was a medieval bishop
The 13th century polymath Robert Grosseteste was ahead of his time when it came to understanding light, colour and the universe itself.
The prime ministerial promise to change: can it work?
“Is it me?” That was the question John Howard reportedly asked his cabinet colleagues as his government remained stubbornly behind in the polls in 2007. One of those colleagues, Tony Abbott, now confronts…
Happy days: virtue isn’t just for sanctimonious do-gooders
When we think of morally upright, virtuous citizens, do we imagine boring do-gooders? Is the idea of being virtuous out-dated and old-fashioned? Or is “being virtuous” still something we should aspire…
How the world is turning tropical before our eyes
Our Tropical Future: A new report on the State of the Tropics has revealed rapid changes in human and environmental health in the Earth’s tropical regions. This is the first in a four-part series about…
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