Have Humans ‘Won’ Evolution?
In the comments of my last post on evolution and the source of moral law, I had a bit of a back and forth with Matt about whether evolution favors altruism. I want to single out his comments for two...
View ArticleIt’s Teleology All the Way Down (Blogathon 4/12)
This post is number four of twelve for the Secular Student Alliance Blogathon. I’m responding to comments in the “Go Ahead, Tell Me What’s Wrong with Homosexuality” thread all day. You can read an...
View ArticleDoing Comment Triage [check back for updates]
I really appreciate all the warm messages of support that I’m getting in the announcement post from this morning, but I’m concerned that the critical comments are going to get buried, so I’m using this...
View ArticleHead to Head with Hemant Mehta
Last week, I got to do an interview/argument with fellow Patheos blogger and Friendly Atheist Hemant Mehta on Justin Brierley’s podcast Unbelieveable! You can stream the podcast from Justin’s website...
View ArticleWhat are your utils denominated in?
In the comment threads for the “Hey! I didn’t say Science Says!” post, there were a couple attempts to come up with metrics to check the impact of changes to marriage law. Some of them are...
View ArticleObjective Morality and Hard to Get at Truths
Bob Seidensticker has been checking out C.S. Lewis, and he’s put up a post explaining why he still doesn’t think it makes sense to talk about morality as objective. I’m going to reply over here, but...
View ArticleBob, can I interest you in Transhumanism?
Bob Seidensticker has looked over my recent post on objective morality and hard to get at truths, and he’s got some more questions. Let me pull out a couple quotes from Bob’s post: I’ll agree that...
View ArticleThis is my last post for the Patheos Atheist Portal
Update: I’m starting to work through the comments section and respond here. For several years, a lot of my friends have been telling me I had an inconsistent and unsustainable philosophy. ”A virtue...
View ArticleGod and the Moral Law in Mormonism
After I wrote a review of The God Who Weeps, a book about Mormonism, I told Mormon readers to feel welcome to guest post to answer some of my questions or to add some clarifications. (Oh, and...
View ArticleHow much should you trust your empathy?
Recently, in The New Yorker, psychologist Paul Bloom took a shot at the idea that empathy is a necessary component of moral judgement or behavior. In fact, the stirrings of our conscience, he says,...
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