Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The moral philosopher Philippa Foot was born 90 years ago into a hunting, shooting and fishing milieu, in which ...

A shocking memo leaked to Prospect, drafted by civil servants from the treasury and the department of health, exposes the stark reality of future cutbacks. Harsh decisions are inevitable, says the ...

The big thinkers at Aperture analyze the ethical dilemmas behind the classic trolley problem. Message to Ken Burns: What ...

Superhero stories are well known for their high stakes, which in the best cases have interesting moral dimensions as well. Such is the case when heroes confront a tragic dilemma, one from which they ...

Explore the trolley problem and its implications on race and ethics in politics, revealing moral judgments shaped by political beliefs. Half of the participants received a version of the scenario ...

The Trolley Problem always struck me as a little dubious. First posed in its modern form in 1967 as a conundrum in ethical philosophy, it generally runs something like this. You see a runaway trolley ...

A little boy was playing with his train set when his dad asked him to try to answer the trolley problem and he surprises everyone A LITTLE boy was asked by his dad to try to find a solution to the ...

Taking testosterone supplements may make people more sensitive to traditional moral values. It also determined that people taking testosterone can be less likely to make unpalatable choices for the so ...