What erupted in the wake of Japan's withdrawal from the IWC was a sense of discomfort: "Why must our food culture be criticized by other countries?" Using the foie gras controversy—which is also ...
Ayn Rand was right, achieving happiness is important. What she and Musk fail to understand is that we are never happy alone. Wealth temporarily sates individual appetites. Engaging in meaningful ...
The concept of selfishness has been debated across philosophy, psychology, and biology. Is selfishness inherently destructive, or does it serve a necessary purpose? From an evolutionary perspective, ...
Most professions have a code of ethics which provides guidance regarding the scope of practice and the boundaries for practicing within a profession. The code is enforceable as well as aspirational.
In private meetings and memos, the justices made new rules for themselves — then split on whether they could, or should, be enforced. Credit...Chantal Jahchan Supported by By Jodi Kantor and Abbie ...
Tara Smith, who teaches philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, is a distinguished exponent of Ayn Rand’s Objectivist ethics, about which she has written several previous volumes. In Egoism ...
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Technological innovation can improve society, but without guardrails, it can cause massive harm. Humanity's ability to collect and process information has increased greatly over the last few decades, ...