It’s not news that we live in a moralistic, judgmental age. Critics on the right, like philosopher Allan Bloom, once complained about the flaccid relativism of progressives who preached tolerance as ...

1. Ego is one thing: Our culture inherits the concept of ego from Eastern philosophy and Freud, which have two different things in mind. Ego means “I.” In Eastern philosophy, Ego refers to the named ...

Tell your sibling you’re sorry!' Many parents have said this as an attempt at teaching a child to take responsibility for one’s actions.

Through a psychodynamic interpretation of moral obsessions, I suggest that ego strength can be increased to overcome such obsessions through the use of philosophy. Based on my recent work in ...