This essay proposes and defends a descriptive definition of morality. Under this definition, a moral system is a system of rules, psychological states, and modes of character development that performs ...

Thirty-four years ago today, on a hot and humid afternoon in south Alabama, I began a journey that is the defining feature of my adult life. I got married. Even now, I can’t completely define or tell ...

Morality is a deep subject. Books with thousands upon thousands of words have been written, and still there is no concrete conclusion on what it necessarily means to be moral. One thing I think we can ...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently adopted new policy guidance altering the way immigration officers evaluate criminal sentences and make good moral character determinations.

To the editor - Last November, Washington state voters were on the cutting edge of societal devolution, having tried to redefine marriage to accommodate people of the same sex who want legal and moral ...

Murder is the unlawful, premeditated killing of one human being by another. It's also considered immoral. Sometimes, however, killing another human can be legal and moral, say during acts of ...

‘Words mean things.” This is a phrase that one of my teachers branded onto my brain. “Words mean things.” And yet today, words seem disposable, like so much of the “stuff” we use. We might prefer to ...

Views on Bush from both ends of the political spectrum: "I would expect he would ask for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage and I think a vast majority of people in this country approve of ...