“What a wonderful world,” sang Louis Armstrong. But how can we make sure that as many people as possible follow in the footsteps of Florence Nightingale and Mahatma Gandhi, spreading empathy and fairness wherever they go?
One way that is…
free will
In a recent issue of Scientific American, Christof Koch, a prominent neuroscientist based at the California Institute of Technology, gives free will a qualified thumbs-down. His approach demonstrates the uneasiness that his colleagues have about the prevailing materialistic interpretations of…
In this age of relativism, anyone who presents a firm moral stance on an issue will often be asked, “Who are you to say what’s right and wrong?”
And really, I have to admit, they have a point. Not that…
