In “Reproductive Wrongs,” the classicist Sarah Ruden traces efforts to exert political control over family planning back 2,000 years.

Today, the moral order throughout the world is in retreat, which is manifested in the rise of populism, authoritarianism, mis ...

The ancient Greeks famously defined man as a “social animal.” It was a profound observation, yet incomplete. Man is not merely a social being; he is also ...

Exceptionalism is not confined to any one religion, culture, or political system. It is an anthropological constant.

Care of the Self and the Construction of the Moral Subject. Open Access Library Journal, 13, 1-10. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1115012 . Under the dominance of instrumental rationality, contemporary education ...

Hannah Feuer joined the Forward as a general assignment reporter in May 2025 after two years as a culture reporter at Seven ...

Atheism, in its broadest sense, is the disbelief in God or gods. Historically, atheism often existed as a philosophical or intellectual stance. In ancient Greece, Rome, and India, thinkers debated the ...

David McGarry reflects on Cicero’s hierarchy of values and insights about human nature with a view to understanding virtuous ...

Was Plato a sage, spiritual teacher, or prophet whose philosophy echoed Christian ideas centuries before Christ?

If large-scale destruction of cultural heritage does not trigger strong institutional consequences, what does that mean for ...

One could be forgiven for coming away from Leighton Woodhouse’s “Donald Trump, Pagan King” op-ed in the New York Times with ...

From ancient linen barriers to industrial rubber, the history of condoms traces how epidemics, morality, science, and social changes have shaped modern contraception.