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Deriving an “Ought” from an “Is”: A Formal Fallacy?

Posted in Philosophy & Politics, tagged , on January 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »

This is the third (and unfortunately the final) part of a conversation begun on the post, Dr. Watson’s Woes. In it we will be discussing whether a moral imperative (an “ought”) can be derived from a statement of fact (an “is”).

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Human Dignity Derived from Christian Teaching

Posted in Philosophy & Politics, Theology & Spiritual Life, tagged , , , , , on December 1, 2009 | 5 Comments »

This is the second part of a conversation begun on the post, Dr. Watson’s Woes. Chris wrote, I agree it is possible to feed selected evolutionary principles into a demonic mixer & come out with Nazi genocide. But a similar sort of appliance could take in bits of Christian thought & turn out the Crusades [...]

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The Scientific Determination of Value

Posted in Philosophy & Politics, tagged , , , , , on November 23, 2009 | 8 Comments »

This comes from a conversation begun on the post, Dr. Watson’s Woes. Chris wrote, I’m intrigued though by expressions like ‘evolutionarily inferior’ & the idea that science’s inability to decide if one race is inferior to another represents some sort of moral issue that only theology can resolve. I don’t think it’s that science hasn’t [...]

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Capitalistic Carnality Meets “Sheikh” Modesty

Posted in Philosophy & Politics, Theology & Spiritual Life, tagged , on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Burqa Barbie

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Rory Sutherland

Posted in Philosophy & Politics, tagged , , , on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m not a big fan of marketing, but this is great:

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Objective Evaluation of the Arts

Posted in Books, Philosophy & Politics, tagged , , , on July 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »

For a long time now, I’ve been looking for the secret criteria by which the arts may be judged objectively. Something in me cries out for a scientific, incontrovertible methodology that can calculate numerically the distance in greatness between Beethoven and the Beastie Boys. Maybe that means I have no business dabbling in the arts. [...]

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God, Not the GOP

Posted in Philosophy & Politics, tagged , , , , , , on April 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »

While many Evangelicals share Focus on the Family’s imaginative notion of what a Democratically ruled US might look like in the near future, some have begun to question the party line. This is evidenced by the fact that in the 2008 election an unprecedented number of Evangelicals voted Democratic. “What were they thinking!” scream the [...]

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Is It Ever OK to Lie?

Posted in Philosophy & Politics, Theology & Spiritual Life, tagged , on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Many people, when asked to name the Ten Commandments, will recite the ninth (if they’re even able to get that far) as, “You shall not lie”. And usually they are given full credit for their answer. I mean, they’re basically correct, aren’t they? Isn’t that the gist of the command? It would seem that it [...]

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Redeeming the American Mind

Posted in Books, Philosophy & Politics, tagged , , , on January 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »

A Proposed Evangelical Response to Allan Bloom’s Acclaimed Essay Though more than twenty years have passed since The Closing of the American Mind was first published, Allan Bloom’s critique of the American intellectual and moral condition continues to prick the consciences and imaginations of many serious minded people. And while there are various ways in [...]

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God Bless Iraq

Posted in Philosophy & Politics, Theology & Spiritual Life, tagged , , on June 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »

A while back I almost embarked on a potentially controversial publicity campaign. It was going to involve creating and giving away t-shirts, bumper stickers, and yard signs saying, “God Bless Iraq”. Maybe even creating a website with chatrooms and daily blog posts, too. But I wasn’t able to inspire anyone to join me. And due [...]

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