What makes us moral and ethical beings? Evolution? Culture? God? For some the idea that our moral behavior is an evolved trait is disconcerting. But, we can see signs of morality in other animals. Animals who live in groups have social rules. They have standards for behavior. For example, you have probably seen a nature […]
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It’s not all about you (or me)
We have an amazing ability to think that everything revolves around us, as individuals and as a species. Before the Copernican Revolution we were absolutely certain the entire cosmos revolved around us. Some of us have been known to wail, “Why me!” when rain interrupts our ball game or picnic. You might know someone who thinks that […]
Conversation in Faith 