It has been my opinion for some time that conscience is an unreliable guide. The feminine conscience especially is too much governed by conventions. Recently circumstances have involved me in a course ...

The argument for individual conscience: Only a deep internal exploration can distinguish between right and wrong, ethical and unethical, moral and immoral, virtue and sin, honor and disgrace, etc.

THE word ‘crisis’ has become a commonplace. It confronts us in every morning’s newspaper, in every other magazine article. It stares at us from the title pages of books. Every week we are told that ...

Through the generosity of Mike and Phyllis Shea, David DeCosse, director, religious and Catholic ethics with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics has spearheaded a project on the theology of ...

St. John Henry Newman, a British-born scholar who dedicated much of his life to the combination of faith and intellect at universities, is pictured in an undated portrait. Credit: OSV News file ...

We are told in Qur'an 95:4 and 5 that Allah (SWT) indeed 'created man in the best of moulds' and gave him the purest nature. By making man His vicegerent on earth, Allah has exalted man to a position ...

As children, we are taught, by parents and supportive adults which behaviors are expected to navigate our society successfully. One aspect of this learning includes adopting societal norms and a moral ...