Morality

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Health & Medicine

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Podcast

The other side of happiness

Social psychologist Brock Bastian explains how life’s painful and difficult experiences play a very important role in producing happiness

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Health & Medicine

The moral status of human-monkey chimeras

As scientists create human-monkey chimera embryos for the first time, the research raises the philosophical and ethical issue of moral status: how should we treat other life forms?

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Arts & Culture

Putting the real in fantasy superheroes

Stan Lee’s superheroes are grounded in an emotional reality and optimism that we can still save the world

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Politics & Society

Is there such a thing as a ‘private life’ if you’re in public office?

The recent cases of Barnaby Joyce and Brett Guerin suggest that something is amiss in the conduct of public office

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Sciences & Technology

The moral dilemma: Monopoly or Zombies

Games offer an exciting way to explore your morality in a realistic way

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