Everyday Ethics

Morality is a diverse and challenging subject, and it is ripe with interesting philosophical questions.  We can question what sorts of moral principles we ought to adopt, or examine the challenges associated with particular moral questions.  But one question that we don’t often ask, is what purpose morality fulfills.  In other words, what is morality [...]

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We all have priorities that indicate what sorts of things matter to us. Priorities are essentially the trump cards of our decision-making processes. When we must choose between helping a friend and doing something that supports our own personal goals, what we choose is largely an indicator of what our priorities are. [...]

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Jason Clegg has written a number of helpful articles on Mindful Source to help you get organized.  Simple tactics like having goals, making lists, and creating systems for getting things done can make a big difference with regard to your productivity and ability to achieve what you want to.  I’d like to add an ethical [...]

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Health care is a popular area in applied ethics.  There are all sorts of “sexy” ethical questions, such as whether physician-assisted suicide is acceptable, whether people with minimal brain functioning have rights, whether a fetus is a person, and many more.  The real question, one that few people have the nerve to write about, is [...]

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