Entertaining and enlightening as David P. Barash’s essay was (“Kant Isn’t Just for Kindergartners,” The Review, June 8), it distorted the meaning of the categorical imperative to a significant degree.

Pioneering social and political justice champion Reverend Jesse Jackson died last week at the age of 84 after living for more than a decade with a progressive neurological condition. His passing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Virtuous thinking, Kant wrote, is like good carpentry: It builds strong ideas in harmony with one another.

Despite his love of hosting, conversation, and fine dining, Kant’s house was unadorned and austere. He had only one picture, which hung above his bureau. This picture was of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who ...

Before I jump back into the conversation about sexual ethics that has unfolded on the Web in recent days, inspired by Emily Witt's n+1 essay "What Do You Desire?" and featuring a fair number of my ...

‘Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe the more often and steadily we reflect upon them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.” Immanuel Kant’s ...