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Is understanding the current crisis in the Middle East simply a matter of determining who is right and who is wrong?

Without personally committing to treating others equitably, it becomes all too easy to claim our own rights at their expense.

For centuries, Africa has suffered at the hands of opportunists seeking to enrich themselves at the continent’s expense, with far-reaching results.

Though it’s the world’s dominant economic system, capitalism’s excesses are drawing increasing criticism.

How and why do people convince themselves to view others as less than human? Vision reviews David Livingstone Smith’s On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It.

Vision reviews Vexed: Ethics Beyond Political Tribes, in which author James Mumford proposes a way out of the political trenches that today divide the world into “sides.”

What’s the origin of algorithms? And what might their nature tell us about our own nature?

We all live in a world of corruption, which sounds like unsupportable and irresponsible hyperbole until one realizes its extent.

Why does a crowd of witnesses so rarely intervene to help a person who is obviously in trouble? And what does it take to be the person who does?

Insight Video: Is it possible to be in politics without becoming tainted by political corruption?

The mining industry may seem an unlikely place to find practical examples of the Golden Rule in action.

A passionate proponent of living simply and in harmony with nature, Thoreau is remembered today as a pillar of the modern conservation movement.

In this interview with Jonathan Glover, which first appeared in the Summer 2001 issue, the British ethics professor addresses the human proclivity for cruelty.

Fairy tales have clearly evolved over the centuries. And the changing tales say a lot about the changing times.

In the post-colonial backlash and in the face of increasing Muslim and other non-Western influence in Europe, a clash of cultures has emerged.