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Kelly Richmond Pope, a forensic accountant, shares a simple test that puts your ethics under the spotlight.

Kahneman was a world-changing psychologist — even with his lesser known ideas on life satisfaction.

Ways to move forward when you're wrong and I'm right.

A proponent of panpsychism argues moral truth is inherent in consciousness.

"Rational vaccinology" could lead to effective cancer vaccines.

Are people are more likely to act less emotionally and more rationally when speaking their second language?

The deep-thinking oddballs of West Coast cycle racing valued mid-ride marijuana over sports science.

Discover the ancient wisdom of not pushing the river.

There's nothing like the end of the world to make you a philosopher.

The philosophy of sex is going through a recalibration period.

Stoicism is a big deal right now, but it has some major flaws. Here's why you might want to hold off on becoming a Stoic.

If you see life as only a source of suffering and misery, why bring anyone else into that? This belief, called anti-natalism, is on the rise.

We need a hypothesis that accounts for both the fine-tuning of physics for life but also the arbitrariness and gratuitous suffering we find in the world.

Treating “oniomania” or compulsive buying disorder is about protecting your finances as well as your mental health.

"In order to seek truth," Rene Descartes once wrote, "it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, all things."

"For every PhD there is an equal and opposite PhD."

The challenges of setting out in a new direction can be overwhelming — but we can learn to navigate the inflection moments.

If the daily grind feels like Sartre's phony act of "bad faith," Heidegger's sense of "being" can help redefine your role.

Times of crisis tend to produce “hard” leaders, but — driven by Generations Y and Z — a softer leadership style has taken root globally.

Ditch the old brain vs. heart assumptions, and instead think about a heart-led brain.

And how to make it think differently.

Many atheists think of themselves as intellectually gifted individuals, guiding humanity on the path of reason. Scientific data shows otherwise.

At work we're often asked to be decisive — but how can we make an informed choice without complete information?

Every opportunity seized is another lost — but not choosing is the worst choice of all.

From "Thompson's violinist" to the "Experience Machine," these thought experiments will throw your mind for a loop.

Lockdowns moved the burden of COVID from the at-risk elderly to the less-at-risk young. Does this sacrifice merit compensation?

Far from being a “dead” pursuit that focuses on old ideas, modern philosophy proposes and debates important, new concepts. All of us can learn from it.

You are much more likely to die in a car crash than from terrorism. Yet, philosopher Eran Fish says fearing terrorism more is justified.

Intrinsic motivation cannot be imposed on a team — but you can provide the right culture for it to flourish.

If you think everyone around you is terrible, the joke may be on you.