In an unassuming office on the fourth floor of Wieboldt Hall, Prof. Candace Vogler is working to answer some of the most vexing problems of human existence: Why are some people happy, and others not?

Virtues 101 is not a new series but a fresh look at integrity and what it means in contemporary society. An appreciation of virtue’s formidable history can highlight its importance in allowing the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle statue Few have left such a great impact on history as Aristotle. As a philosopher, he has ...

Throughout the first 12 years of my time teaching moral theology at Benedictine College, students would occasionally ask whether or not they had to follow a law that they believed to be unjust. When ...

When we think of morally upright, virtuous citizens, do we imagine boring do-gooders? Is the idea of being virtuous out-dated and old-fashioned? Or is “being virtuous” still something we should aspire ...

There are costs to living a virtuous life; It requires going without. This is true psychologically, because sacrifice gives virtue meaning. But it's also true mathematically. You pay a price when you ...

MB. HAVELOCK ELLIS began writing books more than thirty years ago, and some of his books might be described as milestones on the way to a more scientific and therefore a saner outlook upon certain ...