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Confronting the unreliable provenance of morals. Wherein I begin with the definition of the word ; According to a convicted murderer, it has to do with character ; A neuroscientist explains the evolutionary origins of morality ; A brief history of mankind's attempts to rein in bad behavior -- Morality's scorecard. The Editor of the "Financial Times" provides a cost-benefit analysis of principles ; Instruction.s on how not to cheat ; Pros and cons of doing the right thing ; The law : tools of control, or instruments of enlightenment? ; The political function. of ethics -- Sex as moral provocateur. Monogamy (not so much anymore) ; The screen as a siren ; Testosterone : morality's enemy, as well as its hero ; Immoral women : or just those having a better time? -- Taking the bother out of morality. Celebrities as standard-bearers ; Reality defined ; The web wonders what's so great about the truth ; Ethically sanitized warfare ; Immorality's black sun -- The future, or something like it. The moral vagaries of making babies ; Mapping a post-gay culture ; Is it progress if we barter with ethics? ; Programming morality in robots (they'll show us how) ; So who, exactly, gets to set the new rules? ; Wherein I conclude by looking forward.