Every day of existence is a gift of this miraculous thing called life. Our odds of even being here and existing are more than a trillion billion lotteries. Lets not squander the gift.

BY LINDA PASTAN In this kingdom the sun never sets; under the pale oval of the sky there seems no way in or out, and though there is a sea here there is no tide. For the egg itself is a moon glowing faintly in the galaxy of the barn, safe but for the spoon's … Continue reading Egg

Human beings are not always good at accepting the truth. We fool ourselves into thinking that things are right or true for all sorts of reasons. Maybe because it is fashionable to think something, or because someone we trust has told us, or because it's something we believed for a long time. We want to … Continue reading Cognitive Bias

Each moral choice is different Every time we have to make it difficult moral choice, there will be something new and different about it. So, applying the same rule every time is not going to work. It doesn't mean our values have changed. It's more that the situations in which we apply them are different, … Continue reading Morality

Empathy can get us a long way, but it's not enough on its own. We need to combine empathy with reason. We need to carefully consider the particular situation and the affects of our choices on the happiness or suffering of the people concerned, and the wider community. We need to do the same when … Continue reading Empathy