Objective morality is the belief that principles of right and wrong exist independently of personal opinions or contexts. It asserts that some actions are universally good or bad, judged by standards ...
A 2018 debate involving DePauw philosophy professor Erik Wielenberg over the question of whether objective morality requires the existence of God has been turned into a book. “A Debate on God and ...
This is Part 2 of a series on moral relativism. The previous article can be found here. Lack of virtue. Moral relativism is based on individual preferences. Exactly who would do the nominating who for ...
When Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, soon to be elected Pope Benedict XVI, memorably warned of a looming "dictatorship of relativism" in 2005, he articulated what many conservative Catholics had long ...
Consider two cases: Situation A, and Situation B. In both, someone decides to kill her hated enemy. She finds the weapon of choice. She tracks her target’s movements. She finds the perfect moment, ...
Bemoaning the lack of tension in stories around black-and-white morality, many writers believe readers prefer the unpredictability of gray morality, which is in stark contrast to the clear, objective ...
The world is increasingly embracing diversity—religious, cultural, and political diversity, for example. Embracing diversity means being more tolerant to differences between individuals and groups, ...
I recently read a column on CNN.com by Jonathan Haidt, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia and visiting professor of business ethics at the NYU-Stern School of Business. In the ...
The winning program was devised by a Canadian, Anatole Rapoport, and was called Tit-for-Tat. It was dazzlingly simple: it began by cooperating, and then repeated the last move of its opponent. It ...
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