Each summer I finalize my course syllabus for the fall. That syllabus serves to outline the objectives of the course, to distribute course materials reasonably so as to get my students somewhere close ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Every nation should have a conscience. But not all nations are blessed with one. The ...

Every nation should have a conscience. But not all nations are blessed with one. The conscience of a nation can be a singular individual – a living, breathing human. Or it can be an institution, like ...

He puts the word “conscience” in quote-marks: The subject then decides, on the basis of his experiences, what he considers tenable in matters of religion, and the subjective “conscience” becomes the ...

Mr. Jacobs is an associate professor of international affairs at the New School and the founder and editor of the website Africa Is a Country. This month I went with my 18-year-old daughter to see the ...

This is the key distinction, then: moral conscience (regulating one’s own behavior) does not appear to straightforwardly explain moral condemnation (regulating the behavior of others). Despite this, ...

Danielle Quintana, certified perioperative nurse and assistant clinical professor at the University of Houston College of Nursing, has conducted the first concept analysis on surgical conscience among ...

A recent talk with a friend gave me valuable insight into an important human phenomenon: how is a moral conscience created? A few years ago, I met Pierre, an abstract painter, and we developed a close ...