It’s the beauty part of free-market capitalism: To successfully pursue happiness, you must help others do likewise.

Why can't our opponents be reasonable? In his new book, “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion,” social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of morality in our rapid and automatic moral intuitions.

Robert Jeffress introduced Texas Gov. Rick Perry at the Values Voter Summit on Friday. He started a great big hullabaloo by asking, "Do we want a candidate who is a good, moral person, or one who is a born-again follower of the Lord Jesus Christ?"

Last week, the London-based nonprofit Bureau of Investigative Journalism published a series of articles accusing the U.S. of covering up civilian casualties caused by drone attacks in Pakistan's tribal areas. In reality, drones represent the most discerning--and therefore most moral--form of aerial warfare in human history.

In "Wealth & Justice: The Morality of Democratic Capitalism", AEI President Arthur C. Brooks and former White House official Peter Wehner explore America's system of democratic capitalism and find that the morality of capitalism depends on the cultural and social climate from which it emerges.

The following is excerpted and adapted from Mr. Brooks' upcoming book "The Road to Freedom: How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise," to be released on May, 8 2012.Liberals often accuse conservatives of being obsessed by morality. But the truth is, many conservatives are reluctant to talk...

If American mortgage borrowers act in their own narrow interests, as "knaves," they might yet cause an economic collapse worse than anything we have suffered.