Common Ground
In formal logic, a premise is a plank of an argument. If your premises are true and the form of your argument is valid, then… Read More »Common Ground
In formal logic, a premise is a plank of an argument. If your premises are true and the form of your argument is valid, then… Read More »Common Ground
Libby Anne and Dan Finke at Patheos have started a project called Forward Thinking, which is a series of questions they put to bloggers to… Read More »Forward Thinking: What Would You Tell Teenagers About Sex?
Whenever I’ve been involved in a discussion of the evolution of morality, the English language trips things up a bit. Due to the fact that… Read More »Aping morality
Jennifer Shewmaker, a psychology professor at Abilene Christian University, has a blog post blaming the Steubenville rape case in part on objectification of women. You should… Read More »Secret Agent Woman
Several years ago, I bounded out of a faculty building on a university campus and, in a thoughtful and optimistic mood, joined a couple of… Read More »I am not a cockroach– what materialism is, and isn’t
On the news this morning I listened to a report about a new virus discovered in Saudi Arabia. But after talking about how scary and… Read More »A simple ethics of expectations
This isn’t a new question, that’s for sure. I’ve been asked it more times than I can recall, starting roughly ten years ago when I… Read More »What would convince you that God exists?