An earlier version of this article appeared June 19, 2023 Toward the end of summer, have you ever felt that you wished you’d done more with those months? Life feels richer and more memorable when each season of the year feels special in some way. One way we can make this summer distinctive? Give ourselves…
Today’s lyrics are becoming darker in tone, simpler in form, and more centered on the isolated self. What does that say about the culture singing along? Popular music is one way a culture expresses its values and rehearses its moral vocabulary. By looking at song lyrics from a particular time and place, we can get…
Having written on the ethics of asteroid mining, I thought I would return to this subject and address an additional moral concern, namely the potential dangers of asteroid (and comet) mining. My concern here is not with the dangers to the miners but with dangers to our home world and the rest of us. While…
The concept of “microlooting” has been roundly condemned in recent media as vicious behavior. But does virtue ethics jump to this conclusion?
Discover the spiritual wisdom revealed at the end of life—Is Fearing Death the Greatest Lie of the Last 100 Years?
When I’m trying to spend more time away from my phone, I pick up a book before I get lost in endless and needless scrolling. These summer books are here to add more fun and joy to… The post 7 Summer Books That Will Make You Forget to Check Your Phone appeared first on Be…
After hearing repeatedly that they are not paying attention, are lazy, or are not smart, teens can draw painful conclusions about themselves and identify with these labels.
The strongest connections sometimes emerge only when we realize that time is running out.
Personal Perspective: What physicians witnessed during the LA fires will change how you think about disaster preparedness.
“The man who works and is never bored is never old. Work and interest in worthwhile things are the best remedy for age.” Long before there was Yo-Yo Ma, there was Spanish Catalan cellist and conductor Pablo Casals (December 29, 1876–October 22, 1973), regarded by many — including Yo-Yo Ma — as the greatest cellist…
