On the Unity of Religions -- Part I & II
Nov. 2009 | Ferret
In part I and II of On the Unity of Religions, Turner completes his discussion of the five apporaches addressing the difference among religions by referring to the options of pluralism and syncretization.
By Fred Turner
Engineered Food: Just Say No to Nano?
Nov. 2009 | Ferret
Multinationals are putting millions into nanotechnology food products which can detect pathogens in food and its packaging early on. Should we be worried about potential health and environmental effects?
By Nick Warburton
Behind the Mask
Nov. 2009 | Ferret
Offering a glimpse of true corporate identity and the bottom line, attorney and author Joel Bakan argues that capitalism is beyond repair
Joseph Hart
America's Values: Creed and Credibility
Nov. 2009 | Ferret
The conscience of a nation is revealed more in its attitudes about itself than in its intentions about the world
By Charles E. Gray
Gratifications: An Essay from the Infinite
Nov. 2009 | Ferret
An individual's brush with nonbeing leads to his embracing the immense identity within
By Ike C. Udeh
Freeing Your Mind
Nov. 2009 | Ferret
An neuroscience makes bold advances in liberating the mind's potential, individual hopes intensify even as ethical dilemmas deepen
By Kathryn Schulz
Theory and Practice
Nov. 2009 | Ferret
Our tongue-in-cheek take on newsmakers whose "out there" theories have yet to gain mainstream acceptance
The Father Factor
Nov. 2009 | Ferret
With parental roles blurring, are traditional fathers out of fashion? Not so, says our writer: Fathers are as much a factor as ever.
Confessions of a 401(k) Schizophrenic
Nov. 2009 | Ferret
Is guilt-free investing for the socially conscious soul even possible?
By Dashka Slater
A More Benevolent Mousetrap
Where can you find innovative companies’ whose work is friendly to the environment and the financial bottom line? These businesses boom by treading lightly on the earth.
Life in Motion
Has the task of stem cells research been …stemmed? Is the study of cloning kaput? Catch up on the scientific progress and the ethical outlash.
Sex and Media: Doubletalk and Double Standards
With increased calls for media censorship of sexual material, are we benefiting from more social restraint or getting more-than-we-bargained-for personal control?
An American Experience
The Ultimate Fate of Humankind
Apocalypse now or never? With so much war and international turmoil, are we headed for our imminent destruction – and just who is setting the stage?
Fished Out
by Peter Singer and Jim Mason
Many people avoid factory farmed animal products, because they know that factory farming abuses animals and is an environmental disaster. But some of them continue to eat fish, thinking this is ethically better. Is it?