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Where Does Morality Come From?
By Zach Young for KidSpirit's Ethics and Morality issue.
What are morals and where do they come from?
Is morality like the laws of physics, ironclad dicta from nature? Or is morality like lang…
The International Word of the Year
Oxford Dictionaries has chosen "post-truth" as its international word of 2016. It is an adjective "relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping publ…
The Oxford Word of 2019
The word of the year for 2019 is "Climate Emergency," according to Oxford Dictionaries. Last year, that honor went to "Toxic."
Climate emergency is defined as "a situation in which urgent action …
Reinventing Ethics
Ethics is what makes and keeps life human. As the headlines remind us, however, we do not always take the time to consciously consider our choices about how we could and should behave. Living an eth…
Reconnecting with Nature through Ritual
Many people feel that they are slipping further and further away from their once powerful and meaningful connection with the natural world. Stephen Cave and Sarah Darwin in their essay "It's Not Eas…
Nobody Wears Tefillin on the Weekend
By Adina Gerwin
On one of the first crisp fall mornings of seventh grade, as I walked into prayer at my Jewish Day School, I noticed strange leather boxes hanging off my friend's arm.
Micropreneurs Reframing Work
In the last five years, according to authors Daniele Logue and Markus Hollerer writing on the conversation.com, the sharing economy or "micropreneurs" have been redefining work in a variety of ways.…
Mapping Culture through a TV Competition
In a spunky article on theconversation.com, Katherine Meizel tallies up the impact of the American Idol TV show. She sees it as "a kind of guidebook for our entry into the 21st century." The show ha…
Meaning: A Quest Throughout the Journey of Life
Artwork by: Anna Chasnyk, Age 14
Written by: Mahnoor Ali Pervaiz
At every stage of our lives, we encounter various transitions. From the moment we enter this world until our last breath, we are …
A Confluence of Time, Culture, Deaths, and Politics
I have been using black binders to store my writings, reviews, and quotations by others since 1969 when Mary Ann and I started Cultural Information Service, which morphed over the years into Living …