Each day, after long hours at work, Katy Milkman — a young professor at the University of Pennsylvania — would head straight home, lay down on the couch and read her favorite book, The Hunger Games.

A few years back, I heard someone say that in order to overcome temptation, we should shift our focus from the point of temptation to a greater desire. I was reminded of this when my wife and I took ...

Considering how much of the moral life involves overcoming temptation, it’s surprising how little attention the subject receives. (Let’s be honest: when was the last time you found yourself in a ...

The Britannica Dictionary defines “temptation” as: something that causes a strong urge or desire to have or do something and especially something that is bad, wrong or unwise. (The dessert menu, for ...

It isn’t easy being green, and it certainly isn’t easy being good. Many of us navigate life with the best of intentions, hoping that we’ll prove to be brave, honest, kind, and fair. But temptation is ...

Prof. Dosumu Emmanuel Adesina is a professor of Medicine and Pulmonologist, Delta State University, Abraka, and former visiting Chief Consultant Physician and Pulmonologist, National Hospital, Abuja.

You’ve probably heard about the guy who said, “I can overcome everything except temptation”? Maybe you’ve said or thought something like that yourself. Temptations of every kind surround us, as ...