Philosophy

Have We Regressed into Nietzsche’s “Moral Nihilism”?

Behavioral Ethics, Moral Values, Philosophy /

Where’s the Moral Outrage? The events of last week which at least 50 people were killed and 50 wounded in an attack targeting two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, were despicable. The admissions cheating scandal in the U.S. raises serious questions about whether the large group of people involved know the difference […]

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Cultivating Practical Wisdom

Philosophy, Relationships, Wellness /

Virtue + Practical Wisdom = Human Flourishing We gain practical wisdom through the choices we make in life. Aristotle refined the idea of practical wisdom in his classic book, Nicomachean Ethics. Ethics, said Aristotle, was not mainly about establishing moral rules and following them. It was about performing a particular social practice (i.e., being a physician) and that

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