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

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

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

According to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, religious affiliation remains overwhelmingly high. Political speeches invoke God. School assemblies open with prayer. National events are ...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Virtues such ...

Friedrich Nietzsche was one of the most famous thinkers of all times. He was born in 1844, in Röcken, Germany. His father was a pastor named Carl Ludw.

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.

Nietzsche condemned anyone offering ‘answers’ or ‘solace’ – but engaging with nihilism can teach us to face the discomfort of a potentially meaningless existence Get our weekend culture and lifestyle ...

It is an uncomfortable line, precisely because it sounds less like philosophy and more like diagnosis. Nietzsche’s quote doesn’t accuse people of being unintelligent. It suggests something more human ...

In a New Yorker cartoon, two self-contented businessmen relax in wingback chairs. One says to the other: “I, too, longed to find a cause greater than myself. Fortunately, I never did.” The roots of ...