morality

24 September 2008

Atheist Ethics

By Eric Scott
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[Originally a forum post from http://thetoo.com]

I'm sorry, this post will be long; I don't have the time or energy to trim and edit tonight, but I just had to react.

I'll summarize my post in bullet points:

  • The world is complex, and many (If not most) ethical questions are subjective and inherently gray -- to both Christians and non-believers.
  • The desire for love is universal.
  • A rough guideline for ethics is somewhat obvious from our experience and inherent human nature.
5 July 2008

Torture, Hitchens & Our Moral Witness

By David Hamstra
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For those who aren't familiar his work, Christopher Hitchens is a conservative writer who supports the occupation of Iraq and the (endless) War on Terror in general. Hitchens recently submitted himself to the "enhanced interrogation technique" known as waterboarding. His verdict:

29 April 2008

The Wire and the "Why?" Error of Christianity

By Alexander Carpenter
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I'm off to give a lecture at Pacific Union College for the Visual Arts department. I've titled it: Beyond Bored with Good and Evil: HBO's The Wire and the "Why?" Error of Christianity.

Here's a taste:

28 January 2008

The Language of Morality

By Jonathan Pichot
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A few years ago David Brooks visited Princeton University in an attempt to understand my generation's meritocratic elite. What he found were trained workaholics, their 18-hours-a-day schedules packed with classes, work, extracurriculars, and sports. These students he dubbed Organizational Kids.

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