Two central themes of Pirkei Avot are the importance of developing proper character traits and the centrality of Torah learning. In a series of statements, Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa, a sage known for his ...

The major part of our Torah portion, Mishpatim, raises important questions about Judaism, religion in general, ethics, and law. First, the nature of Judaism. I have a brief definition of Judaism: a ...

The Harvard cognitive scientist Steven Pinker has described what he calls the euphemism treadmill: "Terms for concepts in emotionally charged spheres of life such as sex, excretion, aging, and disease ...

A fresco of an early Christian baptism, found in the crypt of Santa Prisca in Rome (Wikimedia Commons). A confession: Rarely do I treat a book as rudely as I did the latest from James Keenan, S.J., A ...

This is the initial article in an ongoing, periodic Health Affairs Forefront symposium on the ethical implications of developments in the business of health care. Articles will consider the ethical ...

Jonathan Kwan is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at New York University Abu Dhabi and was previously the Markkula Center’s Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow in Immigration Ethics. Views ...

Ethics rarely collapse in a dramatic moment. They erode. Quietly. Increment by increment. Often with good intentions. In ...