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Most adults in US, 16 other nations say belief in God, morality not always linked

United StatesRNS Is a belief in God a prerequisite for being a moral person? Most Americans say it is not, and majorities of adults in other countries with advanced economies agree. Pew Research Center released the findings – that also hold true among most of those affiliated with a religion – from its Global Attitudes […]

Essay: How US Congress can bring good news to the poor this Advent

In an article first published on Religion News Service, JIM WALLIS, director of Georgetown University’s Center on Faith and Justice, says when something works to solve poverty the way the child tax credit has, it’s immoral to end it…

Technology…or behaviour?

My daughter pointed out to me that in virtually all books written before the Industrial Revolution that imagine future time-travel, none of them imagine technological improvement. Rather they look at future human behaviour. PICTURE: Ales Nesetril/Unsplash. Technological improvements were inconceivable before the industrial revolution, now they are the focus of almost all future discussion. And behaviour is […]

Morally desensitised

It’s really interesting to read how 100 years ago, when a drama on stage included a shooting or murder, audience member would often faint or scream in shock. Such a visceral response. Meanwhile, our movies are shockingly graphic in their depictions of violence and it just washes over us. PICTURE: Glenn Carstens-Peters/Unsplash In the same way […]

Righteous mind

Jonathan Haidt’s mind-blowing book The Righteous Mind looks at the research around morality and why we vote the way we do. PICTURE: Hannah Busing/Unsplash His compelling research says that left-leaning voters put compassion and fairness above all considerations when working out their morality, while conservatives value sanctity, loyalty and authority. His research shows that we need […]

Essay: It’s time at last for an ethical conversation about Afghanistan

In an article published on Religion News Service, JIM WALLIS says the US must not be distracted from “the deep reflection about our values now required in the aftermath of the United States’ longest war”…

Moral injury

There’s a new term that is finding traction on our world – it is especially being used in the area of things like post-traumatic stress disorder. A Holocaust memorial in Hungary. PICTURE: Mika/Unsplash It’s called ‘moral injury’. Not physical injury, but moral injury. It’s when someone has had an experience that is so repugnant to […]