LINKS: Ethics without God
(Another item from the backlog in my Drafts folder, with some more recent links added in.) Here are some very interesting links related to ethics without God. 1. From Daniel Dennett: Robert Wright interviewed Daniel Dennett on being good without God. Video of the interview is available here; a transcript is available here.2. From Tom … LINKS: Ethics without God
LINK: New Blog: Religious Child Maltreatment
Janet Heimlich is the author of Breaking Their Will: Shedding Light on Religious Child Maltreatment (Prometheus Books, 2011), the first book to take an in-depth look at child abuse and neglect caused by religious belief. Her blog may be found here: LINK
LINK: Atheist Philosopher Julian Baggini Labels New Atheism “Destructive”
(This is another one for the “not new, but new for me” category.) Julian Baggini, author of the excellent book, Atheism: A Very Short Introduction, explains that the four horseman of the new atheism is a “backwards step. It reinforces what I believe is a myth, that an atheist without a bishop to bash is … LINK: Atheist Philosopher Julian Baggini Labels New Atheism “Destructive”
LINK: Jason B. Thibodeau Comments on Flannagan, Coyne, and Explaining Morality
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LINK: Dave Harker on A Surprise for Horwich (and Some Advocates of the Fine-Tuning Argument (which does not include Horwich (as far as I know)))
Abstract The judgment that a given event is epistemically improbable is necessary but insufficient for us to conclude that the event is surprising. Paul Horwich has argued that surprising events are, in addition, more probable given alternative background assumptions that are not themselves extremely improbable. I argue that Horwich’s definition fails to capture important features … LINK: Dave Harker on A Surprise for Horwich (and Some Advocates of the Fine-Tuning Argument (which does not include Horwich (as far as I know)))
Archbishop Says “Atheism is Cool?”
Apparently Brittain’s archbishop, Rowan Williams, has said that “atheism is cool,” as an explanation for why the Chuch of England finds it increasingly difficult to convey its message. Books by new atheists Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens “get a high profile,” whereas “books that say Richard Dawkins is wrong don’t get the same kind of … Archbishop Says “Atheism is Cool?”
LINK: Audio of Russell-Copleston Debate on God’s Existence (Part 2 of 2)
For a transcript of the debate (including other topics discussed), follow this link: http://evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com/copleston.htm You can download the audio here:http://www.archive.org/details/DebateOnTheExistenceOfGodBertrandRussellV.Fr.F…
LINK: Audio of Russell-Copleston Debate on God’s Existence (Part 1 of 2)
This is an excerpt from the famous BBC Radio debate between Father Frederick C. Copleston and Bertrand Russell. In this section, they discuss Leibniz’s Argument from Contingency, which is a form of the Cosmological Argument. It differs from other Cosmological arguments (e.g. Kalam) in that it is consistent with an eternal universe, as it doesn’t … LINK: Audio of Russell-Copleston Debate on God’s Existence (Part 1 of 2)
LINK: Gianluca Di Muzio on Theism and the Meaning of Life
Abstract Theists are inclined to assert that human life would be meaningless if there was no personal immortality and God did not exist. The present paper aims to evaluate the truth of this claim. The author first explores the conception of meaning that is at the roots of the theistic position. After pointing out some … LINK: Gianluca Di Muzio on Theism and the Meaning of Life
LINK: Tim Mawson’s Review of Divine Motivation Theory by Linda Zagzebski
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