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The Honesty Project
A new three-year project to investigate the science and philosophy of an understudied virtue. Until the last few years, most academic studies touching on the nature of honesty were actually focused on variations of its opposite: on lying, cheating, or deception. Recent studies have shifted the focus to the virtue of honesty, but have yet to capture robustly what honesty is, how common it is, and how it develops and functions in relationships, groups, organizations and institutions. A new three-year project, funded with $4.4 million from the John Templeton Foundation, aims to significantly advance the science and philosophy of honesty.…
In Memoriam: John D. Barrow (1952 – 2020)
The Templeton Philanthropies mourn the passing of cosmologist, mathematician, and physicist John D. Barrow, the 2006 Templeton Prize Laureate. He died on September 26 at his home in Cambridge, England at the age of 67 due to complications from cancer. Barrow was the Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Cambridge University when he was awarded the Templeton Prize in 2006. From 2003 to 2007 he served as Gresham Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College in London, founded in 1597. At the time of his death he was Dean of Clare Hall, Cambridge University. He received his DPhil in astrophysics from the…
More than Selfish Genes: Understanding the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis
Wisdom & Practice: A New Podcast from the Aspen Institute hosted by Simran Jeet Singh
New Agendas for the Study of Time: Connecting the Disciplines
How Does Religious Participation Affect Human Flourishing?
New research to evaluate long-term links between spiritual practice and physical, mental and social well-being A new set of studies based at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health will examine the ways that individual religious participation can contribute to various aspects of human flourishing over the long term. The three-year project, made possible by a $1.23 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation, will offer an unprecedented examination of the potential effects of religion on happiness, life satisfaction, meaning and purpose, character, and social relationships. The studies will be led by Tyler VanderWeele, an epidemiologist who is co-director of…
Is Empathy a Renewable Resource?
New interventions may help people open up rather than shutting down when confronted with others’ needs Empathy — the ability to look at the world from another person’s perspective — has long been recognized as vital for human cooperation and for the development of related virtues like compassion. The ability to extend empathy in both thought and action is an important skill for social and interpersonal thriving — but is it also a limited resource, something that you can over-extend or run out of? Recent studies have shown that people’s tendency to be empathetic can drop off in response to…
WATCH: Did Science Invent Optimism?
Aspen Philosophy in Society
Planning Grant: Conviction, Virtue, and Pluralism
