All of morality aims at the same thing but there are several basic ways to get there. If you prefer, each approach is like a different tool—a hammer, a nail, a level. Using the right tool for the ...

The Catholic world has heard a lot on the errors of consequentialism over the past few years. My friend and colleague Mark Shea, in his characteristically subtle way ...

Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens are co-hosts of The Minefield on RN. Robert Manne is Emeritus Professor of Politics at La Trobe University. Refugees will go to extraordinary lengths in order to come to ...

David Cummiskey taught courses on biomedical ethics, philosophy of law, and seminars on moral theory, contemporary liberalism, and Buddhist philosophy. His research and publications focused on Kantian ...

Deontological (duty-based) ethics are concerned with what people do, not with the consequences of their actions. Deontological (duty-based) ethics are concerned with what people do, not with the ...

"I like him. He likes me," President Trump said of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a recent campaign rally. "We would go back and forth, and then we fell in love." CBS journalist Leslie Stahl ...

Ross Douthat does a very fair job of summarizing the Regnerus study on outcomes of gay parenting, and how that study can plausibly be used as the basis for arguments either for or against gay marriage ...

Situation ethics teaches that ethical decisions should follow flexible guidelines rather than absolute rules, and be taken on a case by case basis. In situation ethics, right and wrong depend upon the ...