Are our emotional reactions natural or malleable? Which moral emotions are useful in our increasingly secular and multi-cultural environment? What kinds of anger should we give up?  Does shame get a bad wrap?  -- Interview with Owen Flanagan about his book How to Do Things with Emotions

What different views on human nature inform ethical theory in the Confucian tradition?  What kinds of rituals do Confucians think we need to engage in to achieve flourishing lives or high levels of well-being?  What kinds of rituals today might be inhibiting our flourishing and moral growth?  --...