Moral philosophy is the study of moral judgments or the value that is placed on decisions about what is right or wrong, good or bad or just and unjust, according to philosophy professors Brooke Noel ...

If you are not yet familiar with philosopher G. E. M. Anscombe, her influential life is memorably summed up here. For a thorough overview of her thought, please see the entry written by philosopher ...

Plato and Aristotle in discussion, 1437, by Luca della Robbia (ca 1400-1482), marble tile, depicts two of the greatest philosophers, who wrote two of the all-time best philosophy books. Philosophy ...

Moral psychology and social epistemology study how people think, decide and learn together. This research area explores how moral judgment works, how beliefs are formed and influenced and how ...

The impulse to wish harm on others may come naturally, but that doesn’t make it right. By Sasha Mudd Dr. Mudd is an assistant professor of philosophy. The other day, my 7-year-old, having gotten wind ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Olivia Goldhill CONSCIENCE The Origins of Moral Intuition By Patricia S. Churchland In ...

Immanuel Kant’s moral philosophy establishes ethics on the basis of rationality and autonomy. Central to his system is the categorical imperative, which demands that agents act only on maxims they can ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

This is a continuation of a previous blog post on the future of moral philosophy. In his PhD thesis, the psychologist Jushua Greene wrote: Utilitarianism is not true, nor is it an adequate ...

The Early Modern Period, spanning roughly from the Renaissance through to the late eighteenth century, witnessed a profound transformation in the understanding of moral philosophy. Thinkers sought to ...