The concept of moral agency is fundamental to holding someone responsible for their moral behaviour. A moral agent is someone who has the capacity to act, is rational, and is subject to ethical rules – so they can be held responsible for their actions ...
Sir, – Jacky Jones advocates removing religion from schools altogether and, instead, teaching human rights (“We do to need religion to calibrate our moral compass”, Second Opinion, April 26th). Article 26 (3) of the Universal Declaration of Human ...
Dismantling the Catholic ethos of schools would leave children in a moral vacuum and in danger of despair, the president of a school managers' body has warned. Fr Paul Connell, president of the Joint Managerial Body and the Association of Management of ...
On May 9, Rabbi Joseph Prouser's Moral Literacy series will tackle the question of the death penalty, asking such questions as who is bad enough to deserve it, who is good enough to impose it, and what does Jewish law and tradition say about it.
More than simply a feeling, conscience ultimately summons our inner core of moral values, our key to personal integrity. Violating conscience is violating integrity, not something to be taken lightly. As Hamlet reminds, "conscience doth make cowards of ...
Violence in the ongoing elections in West Bengal touched a new high when goons, allegedly belonging to the Trinamool Congress, attacked a toddler and her mother just because they happened to be relatives of a CPM candidate. The attack did not prevent ...