A healthy economy enables citizens to fulfill their basic obligations—moral as well as financial. These obligations include providing for themselves and their families and fulfilling responsibilities ...

Two weeks ago I said, "I never met a moral principle I could trust." One reader responded: Generalizations and abstractions are treacherous indeed, but we need them for directionality and efficacy.

Often in our divided world we disagree with someone about a principle. Person A says that what matters is reproductive freedom and B says that what matters is protecting the unborn. Person C says that ...

While people might agree about the importance of living from a moral center, there are major differences surrounding the specific values each individual chooses. America, unfortunately, is enmeshed in ...

Lamenting the polarization of our country has become cliché, yet many continue to categorize people into “good guys” and “bad guys,” based solely on political or religious affiliation. It doesn’t take ...

Gen. Douglas MacArthur, in a December 1951 speech, said: “In this day of gathering storms, as moral deterioration of political power spreads its growing infection, it is essential that every spiritual ...

Budgets are moral documents. They reflect our most basic values. The most fundamental moral test of a society is how it treats the most vulnerable. The state budget will increase poverty and ...

Starting last month, Slate began a series of monthly dialogues between two of the nation’s most esteemed jurists, Richard A. Posner and Jed S. Rakoff. These conversations will be moderated by Joel ...

Lecturer on Law and Associate Director of Armed Conflict and Civilian Protection, International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School, Harvard University When drafting a treaty on the laws of war at ...