Join the hordes clamoring for Massimo’s forthcoming book! ... The science of ethics ... Is morality baked into our biology? ... Can primates tell us where morality comes from? ... How Kant and moral psychology complement each other ... Nietzsche’s moral philosophy ... Warning: Chimps and bonobos are not hairy proto-humans! ... The trouble with studying morality in infants ...

Is consciousness everything… ... …and is it the only thing? ... Can you find truth by looking inward? ... Debating whether physics supports Deepak’s views ... The weirdness of quantum entanglement ... Why skeptics are skeptical of Deepak’s work ...

Alex’s documentary series How I Created a Cult ... …and its hero, spiritual leader Andrew Cohen ... How do smart people end up in cults? ... The power dynamics and psychological abuse ... Cohen’s downfall and re-emergence ... The "shadow" side of spiritual communities ...

John Stuart Mill on social shaming ... Was the U.S. envisioned as a classical liberal polity? ... Why the New Deal was not a break with liberalism ... Is there such a thing as personal autonomy? ... Why the social justice movement is illiberal ... Future prospects of liberalism ...

Dale’s book What Is Buddhist Enlightenment? ... Why is Vipassana getting more press than Zen? ... What is distinctive about Zen? ... Dale’s meditation practice ... Using mindfulness for good—and evil ... A naturalistic conception of karma ... How Buddhism adapts to Western culture ...

Dan’s definition of classical liberalism ... Locke’s Second Treatise of Government and Mill’s On Liberty ... Mill and Locke on the individual ... The social contract and political authority ... The group and the individual in the modern world ... How much of a liberal was Mill really? ... Social censorship and the PC debate ... Is Mill’s utilitarianism at odds with his liberalism? ... Classical liberalism in America ...

Why James started a new spiritual community, Blue ... Coming-of-age in the Blue community ... Blue’s startup spirituality ... What’s a Blue service like? ... The future of Blue ...

How Mark got his start studying under Reinhold Niebuhr ... Using religion to justify violence ... The appeal of ISIS’s apocalyptic vision ... What Obama got right—and wrong—in his response to terrorism ... Will Trump’s war on terrorism lead to another 9/11? ... What would Reinhold Niebuhr say about religion and violence today? ... Reinhold Niebuhr’s Christian realism ...

David’s book Buddhist Biology ... Where Buddhism and biology converge ... The interconnected world ... Karma in Buddhism and biology ... David’s “existential-bio-Buddhism" ...

John Paul's job working toward peace on Earth ... How curiosity and creativity can ease conflicts ... The risks of peace-making ... Is there hope for Syria? ... Religion’s role in fueling—and calming—violence ... John Paul's advice for cultivating moral imagination ...