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Why believing in ghosts can make you a better person

  • Written by Tok Thompson, Associate Professor of Teaching, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
A Halloween ghost.Werner Reischel/Flickr.com, CC BY

Halloween is a time when ghosts and spooky decorations are on public display, reminding us of the realm of the dead. But could they also be instructing us in important lessons on how to lead moral lives?

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