Morality
Jonathan Haidt: Social media model 'is breaking the world'
Named one of the world's top thinkers by both Prospect and Foreign Policy magazines, American social psychologist Professor Jonathan Haidt will feature as the keynote speaker at next month's APEC CEO… Audio
Do you find ending conversations hard? You're not alone
How often do you find yourself struggling to get out of conversations with people? A new study has found that most conversations don't end when the participants want them to. Study lead Adam… Audio
How much should morality be spliced with art?
Can a beautiful water colour, stand on its own terms if it was painted by a person responsible for acts of utter evil ? Audio
AC Grayling: Democracy in Crisis
British philosopher AC Grayling investigates the “least worst” system of government – and the current alternatives – in a lecture at the 2018 NZ Festival Writers and Readers. Audio
Some animals have innate sense of morality
A study has shown monkeys and dogs have a strong sense of fairness, and innate morality. Audio
Spiritual Outlook: The moral dilemma for Military Chaplains
Mike Gourley explores the moral dilemma for Christian clerics serving in the Military in discussion with: Stephanie du Fresne, Advocate for Quaker Peace and Social Witness; Rev John Neal, former… Audio
Spiritual Outlook: Defence Chaplains
Mike Gourley discusses the material and spiritual role of Military Chaplains with John Neal, a former Principal Defence Chaplain, and Pauline Law, the first woman appointed into Defence Chaplaincy in… Audio, Gallery
The importance of oxytocin as the brain's "moral molecule"
Paul J. Zak is a neuroeconomist who was the first to identify that the brain chemical oxytocin allows us to determine who to trust. His current research has shown that oxytocin is responsible for… Audio
Why humans turn to the spiritual in tough times
Dr Joseph Bulbulia studies why people turn to religion and how their interaction with their chosen belief system affects their behaviour, their health, their ability to recover from adverse events and… Audio