Are there also valuable experiences that are not necessarily pleasant?
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If We Disagree About Morality, How Can We Teach It?
Should we refrain from lying because God commands it or because the virtue of honesty is a necessary condition of our own flourishing?
Say Goodbye To The Information Age: It’s All About Reputation Now
Now, information will have value only if it is already filtered, evaluated and commented upon by others.
A Temporary Marriage Makes More Sense Than Marriage For Life
If society is truly concerned about the decline in marriage, perhaps it’s time to rethink ‘until death’.
It Wasn’t Just Hate. Fascism Offered Robust Social Welfare
Like fascism, the resurgent Right is irrational, close-minded, violent and racist. So goes the analogy, and there’s truth to it.
Democracy Is Like Fun: You Can’t Set Your Mind To Having It
If we want to do democracy right, we need sometimes to do something else entirely.
The Buddhist Monk Who Became An Apostle For Sexual Freedom
While sex had long been seen as pollution, here it was transformed into a path to purity.
Kids? Just Say No
You don’t have to dislike children to see the harms done by having them. There is a moral case against procreation.
How ‘Hindutva’ Recast Multi-Faith India As The Hindu Homeland
In India, the ideology of Hindutva is experiencing a second act, proving itself inextinguishable.
War Once Helped Build Nations, Now It Destroys Them
Countries amid the throes of war now seem to be breaking down rather than rising up.
Brutality Is Common In Video Games, But Not Sexual Violence. Why?
After all, virtual sexual violence and virtual murder are alike in that they don’t involve real victims, and both would be uncontroversially wrong if done in real life.