The Admissions Scandal Parents: Guilty But Innocent

All parents want their children to have access to a solid education as well as a social and professional network to ensure a good start to their adult lives.  But how can otherwise intelligent individuals justify breaking legal and moral boundaries (more…)

Consulting the Conscience

This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.1 This advice, given by Polonius to his son in Hamlet, provides a means to harmonize our relationship (more…)

Trigger Unhappy

Something strange is happening at America’s colleges and universities. A movement is arising, undirected and driven largely by students, to scrub campuses clean of words, ideas, and subjects that might cause discomfort or give offense. (Lukianoff & Haidt, 2015, np) Recent articles in (more…)

Self-Development: Critical Thinking Matters

In our discussion of social evolution we need sometimes to remember that the very perfection of society must always appear as imperfection; for a highly developed society is dynamic. … A static society … is in a condition of arrested development; (more…)