This article is from the archive of our partner . Analyzing these words as used in books is a way to highlight a culture's consciousness, they told The Atlantic Wire: "The words in a book reflect what ...

Morality is a word that should inspire reflection, yet in America it often provokes discomfort, suspicion, or outright avoidance. Why are we so afraid of the term?

Truth is not only that which awaits discovery, but also that which was once known but is now threatened by forget-fulness. Who would be so silly, by today’s standards, to assert that not only does ...

Permit me to respond to the approximately 1,400 words of Irving B. Harris and Nancy F. Schulte in their Op-Ed piece of June 16 (”The crisis in Cook County”): Your verbiage, data and all, flies in the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Bruce Weinstein speaks about AI ethics and ethical leadership. There is no meaningful difference between the concepts of ...

Perhaps you’ve heard of the Trolley Problem. It’s a dilemma used to study moral thinking, and it goes something like this: If you see an out of control trolley bearing down on five innocent people, ...

There’s a tendency in conservative circles to argue that racism basically ended in 1964 and that any ongoing racial tensions or racial disparities must therefore be the result of some failure on the ...

Social media is changing the character of our political conversations. As many have pointed out, our attention is a scarce resource that politicians and journalists are constantly fighting to attract, ...