
One question that always baffled me in the history of ethics was the rejection of inherent final cause or purpose, also known as teleology. If you have a long and productive discussion with anyone about a disagreement in ethics, it will likely boil down to this principle. Historically, humans took for granted the premise that
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Recently I did something I haven’t done since childhood – if then. On Oct. 2, I finished reading a novel. On Oct. 3, I started reading the book again, completing this second reading six days later. I never read for hours at a time, but only during breaks from work and my routine. The first
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“Stay married for the kids,” they say. That’s decent enough advice, but couples going through a tough time in their marriage should also know that they should stay together for themselves. Most of the time, a couple that sticks it out through a really rough patch in marriage will be happier in the long run
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My previous article, “Stories About Real Heroes Can Help Make Heroic Boys,” drew readers’ attention to the good that comes through exposing boys to literature and history featuring flesh-and-blood heroes. Superheroes have a place in the imagination of the young, but sooner or later, boys realize that the only superpowers in real life are those
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Can you imagine a world in which autism is so rare that most people have never heard of it? Or a world in which there are no “gluten-free” foods in the supermarket, or one where the chronic disease rate in those between age five and 25 is not 1 in 3? That is the world in which
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