LINK: Alonzo Fyfe on Wielenberg’s Value and Virtue in a Godless Universe
Just discovered this and sharing the link without taking a position on its arguments. LINK — Fyfe’s comments are located near the bottom of the page (HT: Luke Muelhauser)
Flanagan’s Response to Me (Re: Jerry Coyne on Explaining Morality)
Matthew Flanagan has written a response to my post on Jerry Coyne and explaining morality. I am quoting his response in its entirety, with Flannagan’s permission. Hi Jeffery, I tried posting this on your site but couldn’t, feel free to do so. You write: ”I suspect that C.S. Lewis’ moral argument for God’s existence is … Flanagan’s Response to Me (Re: Jerry Coyne on Explaining Morality)
LINK: Kohl Reviews Wielenberg’s God and the Reach of Reason
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LINK: Joel Marks on Atheism, Amorality, and Animals
Philosopher Joel Marks, of “Confessions of an Ex-Moralist” Fame, recently wrote another essay for the New York Times on his amoralism and concern for the treatment of animals. LINK
LINK: Rosalind Carey’s Review of Michael Martin’s ATHEISM, MORALITY, AND MEANING
LINK Related articles: here, here, here, and here
Why Are Members of the Clergy Assumed to be Moral Experts?
At (site now discontinued), I found a set of lecture notes entitled “Why religion is irrelevant to ethics”. Here is a quotation I particularly liked: Why are members of the clergy (who presumably are experts in the theology of their particular sect) assumed to be experts in ethics? Why put them on ethics ommissions rather … Why Are Members of the Clergy Assumed to be Moral Experts?
LINK: Two Sites Related to Darwinian Ethics
While web browsing, I stumbled across two sites related to nontheistic and/or Darwinian ethics. Pretty much anyone interested in The Secular Outpost will probably be interested in both of these sites and for the same reasons.1. The website for the late James Rachels. For those of you who do not know who James Rachels was, … LINK: Two Sites Related to Darwinian Ethics
LINK: Confessions of an Ex-Moralist
The New York Times recently published an essay by philosopher Joel Marks, entitled, “Confessions of an Ex-Moralist,” in which he describes his decision to eliminate “all moral concepts and language from [his] thinking, feeling and actions.” If you haven’t already seen this, it’s an enjoyable read. LINK
Alexander Pruss’s Simple Argument against Divine Command Theories
Here is Pruss’s argument: 1.Even if God didn’t forbid it, torturing the innocent would be wrong. 2.(Premise) Necessarily, torturing the innocent is wrong. 3.(Premise) Possibly, God does not forbid torturing the innocent.4.(Premise) If divine command theory is true, then it is the case that: necessarily, something is wrong if and only if it is forbidden … Alexander Pruss’s Simple Argument against Divine Command Theories
Son of Naturalism and Norms
First, apologies if I am boring the hell out of everyone but a few of us fanatics with yet another sequel on naturalism and norms. It is just that I think the issues are very important, and I have gotten such terrific feedback on these points, that I am going to post a couple more … Son of Naturalism and Norms