In Defense of Moralism
If I told you I was an ornithologist, you could conclude that, like John James Audubon, I study birds. If I say I’m an economist then you would presume that, like Alan Greenspan, I study markets. But...
View ArticleVideo Games, Intelligence, and…Happiness?
I was going through my usual blogroll, which includes the ever useful and interesting site Lifehacker, when I came across this post. A defense of video games? Being a gamer myself, I couldn’t help but...
View ArticleThe End Of Abortion
Evangelical Christians have lost gay marriage. This is my humble yet controversial opinion. I could be wrong, I’m no prophet, but when the social conservatives are also the party of unyielding...
View ArticleCause and Effect
A while ago, a good friend of mine who was struggling with agnosticism and came to me with a question about Christianity. Some people, he said, claimed that Christianity’s “morality” wasn’t truly moral...
View Article“Who Sez?” The Place of God in Moral Philosophy
On Tuesday, Dennis Prager made a comment on his radio program that without dogma (specifically religious dogma) there can be no rational argument against selfishness and cruelty. A young man called...
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