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Presidents should act more like Kings and Queens if our democracies are to avoid becoming mediocre, argues British Lord Robert Skidelsky.

Despite laws that prohibit discrimination against women in the workplace, a gap persists in what men and women receive in compensation for equal work.

Despite our ambient assumptions about “human nature,” the history of individualism shows how highly configurable our software is. And our current software needs a security upgrade.

While plenty of criticism is leveled at contemporary business practices that focus on short-term, i.e. quarterly, profit, this way of doing business is a historical aberration.

A groundbreaking study suggests you probably could.

Why not install an adjustable ethics dial on self-driving cars? Because it’s a terrible idea, says Wired’s Patrick Lin, PhD, who is also director of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytechnic State University.

Make the world a better place — fighting disease and poverty while helping move science forward — with your computer’s spare time! Image credit: The Charity Engine, via slideshare.net. “While we do our good […]

We’ve talked about food waste before, but let’s do it again. Nearly 30% of the food produced globally is wasted. In the meantime, 6 million children under the age of five, die […]

Two individuals separated by 5,000 miles have successfully communicated without typing or saying a word to each other. Rather it was their brains that did the talking.

THE Gretchenfrage is this: Should honest, intelligent parents from a not so-privileged background send their children to the Ivy League when they know (and have been warned by the likes […]

As the ALS ice bucket challenge demonstrates, being charitable now means making sure all your friends and acquaintances know you’re a caring, generous person. 

There are countless opportunities in this world for one to give of him- or herself. And doing so, says WuDunn, helps more than just the receiver, even if it’s not immediately apparent.

Instead of preparing students for the intellectual rigors of life and career, colleges place too much of a focus on keeping them happy. The relative lack of success among recent graduating classes is a consequence of this approach.

“Good Artists Copy. Great Artists Steal.” Pablo Picasso said that. Or did he? Steve Jobs seemed to think so. In 1988, the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Jobs as using Picasso’s […]

The size of the global 3D printing market, including 3D printer sales, materials and associated services, is predicted to reach $16.2 billion by 2018, a growth by over 500 percent. […]

Dr. Raymond Bearse, the interim president of Kentucky State University, cut his salary $90,000 (to a paltry $259,745) in order to raise the minimum wage on campus to $10.25. 

The authors of a recent Harvard Business Review article explored the snowball effect that causes poor decisions to cascade into full-blown behavioral norms.

While theism continues to unite the vast majority of the world’s population, westerners of a certain age have never before accepted atheism with such enthusiasm.

The important thing to remember is that maintaining your brand and reputation does not involve blasting customers online.

Certainly among the postwar works, says Princeton University professor Peter Singer, is the notion that art challenges society’s prevailing norms. Oh, the irony.

Professor James Abruzzo discusses ethics as it relates to the world of art.

The last fifty years have seen a steady progression of values in America. From civil rights to feminism to gay rights, more self-determination is consistently afforded to more people.

Plans for humans to leave Earth and colonize new worlds are underway. Scientists in Japan are conducting experiments on mice sperm to see if they survive, and how they are affected, by space travel.

According to author David Zweig, “invisibles” are the unsung heroes of the workforce. Humble, driven and organized, invisibles are invaluable to companies that may not fully appreciate their expertise. 

One way to understand a nudge—a government policy that inclines you to make a particular choice, often without your awareness—is that it makes it easier for you to do what […]

…that said, what’s the big deal of having no soul when it got you into Harvard or Yale? You can’t have petty moral issues in high society; elites simply see […]

Our ruling ideas grow evermore ethically evasive. Ignoring evident big picture problems, they have us mindlessly seeking the mathematically and morally absurd. Simple maxims can clarify: Economics, the study of […]

“Regulation” need not be a dirty word. When new technologies emerge that shift the paradigms under which an industries operate, it’s important for legislative authorities to prudently adjust the rules without stifling further innovation. 

The US Navy is working with several universities on a new multi-year project designed to figure out how to engineer moral competence. One big challenge: Science still doesn’t know exactly how it works in humans.

One day while walking through Rutgers’ Quad Two on the way to the gym, I noticed my friend Shelton across the lawn. As he bounced along the sidewalk—he was in […]