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Turning away is a natural response.
Why, exactly, don't you trust that person's opinion?
Anything, good or bad, about Henry Ford can be contradicted — except his ambition and his work.
Some animals were even assigned their own lawyers.
Imagine Flipper trained in the art of espionage.
The Arabic word fatwa can mean “explanation” or “clarification.”
Be famous within five miles.
More than mindless bloodshed, the gladiatorial games were organized sports. Gladiators were treated as world-class athletes, receiving superior diets and medical care.
We're still using 800,000 gallons of embalming fluid a year, but burials are becoming far less common.
Why, exactly, should you die for your child?
Uploading your mind is not a pathway to immortality. Instead, it will create a possibly hostile digital doppelgänger.
For decades people have arranged to freeze their bodies after death, dreaming of resurrection by advanced future medicine. Many met a fate far grislier than death.
There are two conceptions of free will: "straight" and "mixed."
Patients with amygdala damage rejected the widely accepted answer to the infamous "trolley problem," saying that it "hurts too much."
Ideas often taken for granted in the United States and Europe about what it means to be a person are, quite simply, not shared with other cultures.
Is there such a thing as a heroic personality type?
It’s not a huge leap to imagine we could target the biological processes that mediate our behaviours.
In the philosophy of Star Wars, the Sith are evil because they surrender to passion. But is a life of total rationality a “good” life?
Gradualism rejects the idea of a "bright line" in the abortion debate.
We often laugh at inappropriate things, but not when we are emotionally invested. Laughter cannot be serious. So, can we ever laugh at death?
When you're a genius, how do you make ends meet?
The role of the Devil’s advocate was to argue against the beatification of mystics. Contrary to popular belief, they did not wear Prada.
A philosopher unpacks the paradox in using the word "evil."
In terms of sheer productivity, “-gate” has no peer. Wikipedia’s list of -gates has over 260 entries.
In "The Secret Life of Secrets", Michael Slepian explores how holding secrets affects our relationships, psychology, and well-being.
Prison is an unreliable method of punishment. Let's do better.