Many people hold that there are no objective moral truths, in part because of the cultural differences that exist with respect to morality. Philosopher James Rachels has shown the flaws in this sort ...

In fact, it can help us confidently pursue common existence amid our deeply held differences. Indiana’s new Religious Freedom Restoration Act has caused widespread and heated debate. Some say it ...

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Speaking about recent rulings by the European Court of Human Rights, the secretary for Relations with States said that states that ban individuals and institutions from exercising conscientious ...

The US tour by Pope Benedict XVI has generally been deemed a success. He appears to have cauterised the wounds opened by the paedophilia scandals, stepped around the booby-trap invitations to identify ...

Professor Marc Zvi Brettler points out in his article on Times of Israel (1/13/25) that the Book of Exodus begins with an accounting of the members of Jacob’s family who went with him to Egypt. Our ...

If relativism signifies contempt for fixed categories and [for] men who claim to be bearers of an external objective truth, then there is nothing more relativistic than fascist attitudes. —Benito ...