A 2018 debate involving DePauw philosophy professor Erik Wielenberg over the question of whether objective morality requires the existence of God has been turned into a book. “A Debate on God and ...

This is Part 2 of a series on moral relativism. The previous article can be found here. Lack of virtue. Moral relativism is based on individual preferences. Exactly who would do the nominating who for ...

I was pleased that my Oct. 10 opinion piece was used by Lou Matz’s University of the Pacific philosophy class to generate discussion on the morality of abortion, a topic introduced in his Moral ...

The world is increasingly embracing diversity—religious, cultural, and political diversity, for example. Embracing diversity means being more tolerant to differences between individuals and groups, ...

When Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, soon to be elected Pope Benedict XVI, memorably warned of a looming "dictatorship of relativism" in 2005, he articulated what many conservative Catholics had long ...

“In the beginning was the Word.” Where I’m from, Texas, most kids recognize this opening line of the Gospel of John by the time they’re five: God’s verbal transmutation of chaos into order.

Charles H. Jones (Guest View, Aug. 21) maintains that the expression “‘morality derives from God’ [is the] logical equivalent [of] ’atheists are immoral’” and thus claims that to hold to traditional ...

Bemoaning the lack of tension in stories around black-and-white morality, many writers believe readers prefer the unpredictability of gray morality, which is in stark contrast to the clear, objective ...