For centuries, the phrase "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" has dominated discussions of aesthetics. This adage suggests that beauty is entirely subjective—what one person finds attractive, ...

What is the purpose of life? There are as many answers to this age-old question as there are people, and they run the gamut from hopeful to nihilistic to, well, nonexistent. Here are just a few famous ...

Why does a hospice doctor with a passion for personal finance write about purpose? This is a question I hear often. It might seem like an unusual combination, but the reason I write and talk about ...

When Mel Gibson began looking for influential ministers to endorse his controversial film, The Passion of the Christ, high on his list was the Rev. Rick Warren, founding pastor of the Saddleback ...

The purpose of children is to provide a certain just way of life that is full of meaning and consolation for parents, for the children themselves, and for the whole of the citizenry in their public ...