Christian-Judeo teaching has provided the moral foundation for Western culture. Most notable of its contributions are democratic ideals, belief in the free will of man, and a codified system of laws.

If you want to understand and explain morality, the first useful step is to be sure you're clear on your definition of morality. This first step has, unfortunately, been a stumbling point for many ...

MOLINE -- Ambiguity weakens debates about morality. Those debates don't go anywhere, because people use too many different definitions of morality and confuse them with virtues, said Dr. Yuki Hasebe, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dimitris Xygalatas, CC BY Why do people distrust atheists? A study we conducted, led by psychologist Will Gervais, found ...

The law is viewed as concrete, but morality is also a matter of interpretation. Without a moral compass from advocates, society would continue in egregious acts of hatred. The challenge here is ...

Before giving machines a sense of morality, humans have to first define morality in a way computers can process. A difficult but not impossible task. Although this future is still decades away, ...

In the intellectual war between atheists and theists, the argument from morality is one of the sharpest weapons from the theistic side. It’s an interesting line of attack against atheism. How can we ...