1 samuel on Human Judgment

The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete.

First, we do not believe that strong convictions cause incivility. Instead, we believe poorly formed convictions cause incivility.

George Herbert Mead, an influential early 20th-century sociologist, coined the term “generalized other” to describe the vague group we consider when shaping our actions. How often do we behave a certa...

Alexander Schmemann, the late priest who led a reform movement in Russian Orthodoxy, tells of a time when he was traveling on the subway in Paris, France, with his fiancée. At one stop an old and ugly...