I believe that morality in its most basic sense, empathy, is not just a social construct but a product of evolution. In extended families or tribal clusters as our ancestors must have lived co-operation would have been paramount to survival.

If a metaphysical explanation for the possibility of morality is neither necessary nor useful, what then, can we base our moral experiences in? Part II of my "Inquiry into Morality."

Moliere's play, Tartuffe, immerses a prudent, rational, moral man in a menagerie of the deceitful manipulations of Tartuffe the imposter. Cleante uses a morality of reason, founded on the law of non-contradiction, to resolve the situation.

Morality is a dificult term to define. Every society has their own values. Every individual has their own values. This article addresses both.

This is a brief discussion of morality and the Internet, ranging from pornography to totalitarian states.

You don't need to support gays or pay for an abortion, but the church shouldn't be at the forefront of politics. That is not the church that Jesus would want to see. We're here to change lives, not legislate morality.

In this paper, I discuss Nietzsche's theory of master and slave morality and Marx's concept of estranged labor. I argue that, although both men's claims are open to serious criticism, Nietzsche grounds his in a sounder method.

Ultimately, I believe miracles will very likely be explained by science. My advice: focus on the morality of a religion, not on its mystery.

An examination of whether or not society can exist based on absolute truth. Absolute morality and how it applies to society.

Sums up the relevant conclusions based on the premises regarding morality from some of my previous articles, and moves in the direction of a non-philosophical account of morality solely dependent upon the empirical (not metaphysical).

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Explaining morality through experience; taking the amoral position and rejecting objective moral truths.

Does morality exist without God?

In Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky explores the morality of murder, a topic that has been central in philosophy throughout the ages.

While faith-based dieting is often presented as a new craze, the link between diet and morality has a long and interesting history.

It took years for America to recognize and grant rights to "savages" and women. A lack of humanity was their major concern. In modern day America, "morality" is being used just as aggressively against homsexuals. Why?

Is there really a place in politics for morality, and if so, whose morals?

Have the values of this world gone too far amok? Is it too late to reverse this collapse of morality in our culture and society? Is another world possible?

Mr. Stolyarov argues that morality is not the exclusive domain of religion, and that it is possible for a moral person to be entirely non-religious. Furthermore, Mr. Stolyarov contends that morality is entirely dependent on conduct, not thought.

Morality has always been a study that has been reserved for philosophers and theologians. However, it appears that biologists might also have a say in how our morals originated and in what forms.

An article in the New York Times appeared this week along with a study in Nature, both discussing different aspects of the biological roots of moral decisions, challenging notions of philosophy.

This is a summary of the issues discussed in George Kennan's article "Morality and Foreign Policy".

An essay about the works of Hume and the concept of morality in his view of society

Research paper on public morality that covers how a government should be able to regulate it, touching on many famous opinions by prominent thinkers over the years.

I recently read a piece on AC, Messages About Sex and Violence in the Buffy/Spike Realationship..., that I disagree with. I hope to illustrate a broader context and to show that morality-wise, no fan in the Buffyverse comes out unscathed.

Israel's responses to Hizbullah's act of war is being debated by people all around the world; but are these intellectually honest debates and are the arguments rooted in well researched facts or knee-jerk reactions to the media show being played for us?

The society is being said to have lost a sense of morality, especially when most governments are encouraging, in law enactments, such behaviors that are considered unnatural or otherwise immoral. It is time nations became silent on some issues.

Religion certainly can teach morality but it doesn't have a franchise on doing so.

Arguing with contemporary philosophers like Wasserstrom and Nozick this paper looks at the morality of war. The author takes a stance based on his philosophical principles.

By applying some of the great philosophers and theorists of modern and historical times, the distinction of the inherent morality of a law can be debated in this brief essay.