Growing up in West Philadelphia I learned there were three topics to avoid talking about in polite company — religion, politics and the Yankees. Raised in a minister’s family, however, I couldn’t ...

As the poet Robert Frost knew, there are many roads not taken during a lifetime. And there are also many columns not written, at least for me during the past week. Call this a collection of themes for ...

William O'Neill, S.J., Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics at the Jesuit School of Theology and a faculty scholar with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are his own. “Thoughts and ...

I’m currently teaching Biomedical Ethics and leading the students through discussions of crucial issues such as universal health care, abortion, and euthanasia. I’ve been following the usual ...

The major part of our Torah portion, Mishpatim, raises important questions about Judaism, religion in general, ethics, and law. First, the nature of Judaism. I have a brief definition of Judaism: a ...