The right to defend oneself against threats is a natural right, implied by a natural law, what the philosopher John Locke called a “law of nature.”

if cruelty to animals is morally wrong, then it has to apply to all animals, not just those which are cute.

The plain truth is that nobody really has the experience needed to be the president of the USA

California Grants Privileges to Government Personae

The Vatican has revised the traditional Catholic “Seven Deadly Sins” with new ones, including “being obscenely wealthy.”

Philosophers have pondered the problem of evil for thousands of years, and yet very strangely, they have not even arrived at a consensus about what evil is.

Lawyers turn rights into wrongs

What justifies the ownership of anything? Ethics, governance, and economics are interrelated and can be unified in one system

If a pure free market has peace, prosperity, and harmony, then the absence of these today must have its cause in government intervention

Perhaps our insensitivity to killing is a result of thousands of years of cultural evolution

Let us commemorate March 14 as the date that the U.S. government lost its remaining moral authority

If carbon offsets are such a good idea, why not apply it to other areas of life?

The lack of full choice by children over their human action is offset by their having a moral right to receive care and nurture from their parents and guardians

The ruling coalition in Spain is proposing to enact a law that would recognize the moral rights of great apes as legal persons