Thou shall not steal.” Since taxation is clearly a “taking” under threat of coercion, we can ask, where does it cross the ...

Friedrich Nietzsche's famous quote, "There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness," ...

The ancient Greeks believed that those who govern society must possess not only power but also wisdom and moral virtue. The ...

As moral outrage fades, justice is recast as power. From Gaza to global politics, public ethics erode—can democratic morality survive?

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What you need to know: Nietzsche forced Europe to confront uncomfortable truths about the foundations of its morality. Perhaps his words offer Africa a different kind of mirror, not one that predicts ...

It has no entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia; it is not mentioned in the Catechism; yet the popes talk about it in their encyclicals. What is ...

Will referred to “Donald Trump’s belief in widespread fraud in the casting and counting of 2020 ballots.” Will credits Trump with sincerely — if deludedly — believing he won the 2020 election.

From Venezuela to Gaza, the selective application of international law by powerful states and their critics alike is draining ...

In the shadowed caves of ancient India, Siddhartha Gautama sat under a bodhi tree, wrestling with the hydra-headed beast of ...

What do you envision when you think of meekness? You probably see a mousy doormat, someone sheepishly acquiescing to the will of the stronger. When Jesus says, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall ...

After more than seventy years writing and thinking about democracy, capitalism, and the possibility of emancipatory politics, ...