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Are people ethically obligated to improve themselves?

I distinctly remember visiting my cousin's one summer day many years ago. My aunt had given birth to her baby girl, and all my cousins were so excited to meet the tiniest new member of the family. We all got a turn to hold this tiny miracle in our arms - she had the largest eyes, the curliest hair,...

The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on.

The 1950s was a contradictory era - after World War II, it was both an era of conformity and perfection as well as an era that included the wilder side of life. It was a period when people, for the first time, were moving into the suburbs, coming from either the big city or smaller agricultural areas.

Throughout World War II, the United States had gone through a multitude of experiences that fluctuated and changed social and cultural dynamics. During the 1940s the United States had seen its own society and culture shift.

Since the United States' origins, people have come to see this country as a beacon of hope for immigrants and citizens alike - it has been known as a place for freedom and liberty, for opportunities and second chances. Many have migrated, expecting much from such promises.

Is Kant right that the consequences of an action play no role in its moral worth?

Should we negotiate with terrorists?

Robert A. Heinlein, an American science writer, once wrote that "Democracy is based on the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man. Autocracy is based on the assumption that one man is wiser than a million men."