The political theories of John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Montesquieu and others greatly influenced our Founders in the creation of our nation, as well as our patent system. In particular, Locke’s ...

Here’s one of the great ethical concepts of Western Civilization: the categorical imperative. I admit I was forced to read Immanuel Kant’s book “The Critique of Practical Wisdom” while doing graduate ...

We live in times of ethical turmoil, divisions between those who believe only their truths are true and others who believe there are no universal truths at all. When these two points of view clash ...