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Category: Ethics

Sam Harris’ The Moral Landscape

Posted on February 1, 2014August 17, 2014

The Moral Landscape is atheist polemicist Sam Harris’ attempt to explicate an objective moral framework that is consistent with atheism and grounded upon science. A […]

Gay Marriage, Traditionalism, and the Fight for Political Power

Posted on March 26, 2013August 18, 2014

  Today the U.S. Supreme Court finds itself the focus of media attention as it deliberates on the constitutionality of California’s gay marriage ban (Proposition […]

Abraham Lincoln and the Abolitionist Arguments Against Abortion

Posted on January 30, 2013August 17, 2014

Was reading over a book about the Lincoln-Douglas debates and found this section to offer an incredible parallel to the abortion debate we’re having today: […]

What is the origin of objective morality?

Posted on January 28, 2013August 17, 2014

I recently engaged with an atheist friend about the question of objective morality. He has claimed that morality is objective, though it is not based […]

Foucault on Sexual Liberation

Posted on December 18, 2012August 17, 2014

Came across this excellent take on “sexual liberation” by, surprisingly, Michel Foucault. I read it in Foucault: A Very Short Introduction by Gary Gutting. “This […]

The Dark Knight Rises, the French Revolution, and the Dangers of Political Extremism

Posted on December 12, 2012August 18, 2014

Recently released on DVD, The Dark Knight Rises completes director Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy. The plot hinges upon villain Bane’s takeover of Gotham for […]

The Christian Response to Sinners

Posted on October 9, 2009October 26, 2019

  “I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. So, as much as in […]

Nietzsche, God, and the Rise of the godmen

Posted on May 15, 2009October 3, 2019

Nietzsche tells this story of the madman (edited for length)– Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning […]

Is “Just War” Really Just?

Posted on May 4, 2009October 26, 2019

That great church father and “just war” theorist, Augustine of Hippo, had this to say (among other things) in justifying war:“What is the evil in […]

Should Christians Participate in War?

Posted on April 6, 2009April 24, 2018

We are living in a world consumed by war. Despite how long this violence continues, we never seem to reach a solution. Many are personally […]

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