Political philosophers have long recognized the paradoxical connection between increased safety and greater perceptions of evil. The "Tocqueville paradox," named after the nineteenth-century French ...

Biologist Frans De Waal says hugging, kissing, mourning inherited from primates Dec. 2, 2010 — -- Let a bunch of chimpanzees into a yard filled with watermelons and while a few of them may horde ...

Putting moral insight back into economics enhances understanding of political outcomes For much of the 20th century, the disciplines of moral psychology and economics were seen as distinct—each ...

The presidential candidates are set to debate. It is likely that the first exchange will occur in late June with the second donnybrook in September. Given recent events and the ongoing spectacle of an ...