Anger clearly has its proper place at work, which is neither wholly absent nor ever present. The manager who is an emotional blank is just as hard to work for as the volcanic boss, and both can do great harm by setting an unhelpful example for what kind of emotional expression is expected and accepted.

Love is indeed at root the product of the firings of neurons and release of hormones.

Wellbeing is a notion that entails our values about the good life, and questions of values are not ultimately scientific questions.

Truth and Truthfulness is an ambitious work, and its journeys into history give it a breadth unusual in these days of increased academic specialization. . . . William's book combines real history and fictional constructs to tell a revealing story that makes us reconsider the meaning of familiar concepts.

No one who has understood even a fraction of what science has told us about the universe can fail to be in awe of both the cosmos and of science.

Stress means something different if it is the result of rewarding work rather than struggling to keep the family out of debt.

It may not have the virtuous ring of the golden rule, but the maxim "never say never" is one of the most important in ethics.