Grandparents are vital for children's emotional and moral growth, acting as storytellers and cultural keepers. Their lived ...

Like many of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous quotations, these words echo through the ages. They offer hope and give rise to a sense that progress toward freedom, equality, and—indeed—justice is ...

Not to freak you out, but you may be in the middle of a moral panic. A moral panic is the pervasive belief that some great wickedness is threatening society and must be stopped. Calling something a ...

You’ve rested. You’ve delegated. You’ve even meditated. So why are you still tired? We talk a lot about burnout. About toxic hustle culture, overbooked calendars, and the sharp edge of high ...

A UB researcher has published a study that uses elements of philosophy, psychology and game theory to develop a model of hypocrisy that helps distinguish genuine criticism from grandstanding ...

Several years ago I read a scholarly article that introduced the concept of “moral credits,” and I’ve often thought about it in terms of how it applies in my life, as well as the work I do around ...

Throughout the pandemic, people have had to make impossibly tough decisions. Kathleen Turner, a 52-year-old intensive-care nurse in San Francisco, has been haunted by hers. Since COVID-19 patients ...

The young man was in his mid-20s when he came to see me for severe abdominal pain at my small community clinic. The pain, worse than any he'd ever experienced, had persisted for weeks and was getting ...

A new study suggests that, while atheists and theists share moral values related to protecting vulnerable individuals, atheists are less likely to endorse values that promote group cohesion and more ...