Unable to load sidebar stories right now. The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America; By Jeffrey Rosen; Simon & Schuster 355 pp., ...

Historical periods are commonly differentiated into various features that define them, such as the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, or the Age of Discovery. Our day may come to be known as the Age of ...

Just because there are complex scientific and political questions involved in how to respond to the environmental crisis, that does not mean we should not ask how each of us as individuals might ...

Do politicians get more done if they are more prone to virtue or to vice, if they are inclined toward justice and humanity or toward a self-serving social strategy? New research from UC Berkeley shows ...

A growing number of parents are turning to 'virtue' baby names—monikers derived from moral values like Grace, Hope, and Serenity—reflecting a desire to embed meaning and aspiration into their children ...

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?

Virtue, not technocratic solutions, is what I claimed our world needs more of, but I'm not saying anything new. Virtue goes back at least two-and-a-half millennia. Western accounts of virtue start ...

A NEW phrase has slowly been creeping its way into everyday lexicon and newspaper articles without many people realising it – virtue signalling. The term refers to making a statement or performing an ...

Have you changed your Facebook avatar to support a cause? Did you take the ice bucket challenge? Have you ever offered your thoughts and prayers in the aftermath of a disaster? Do you express your ...