Category Archives: Ethics
Fame and The Good Life
This weekend I was reading about the false allure of ‘fame” and this sketch came to mind. Below I have jotted down some prose to accompany my sketch to help clarify what the sketch says for me. _________________________ Admiration of … Continue reading
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The Moral Mind
This is part of my series on “How to Make a Christian“. In that post, I illustrated what an adult’s modular mind looks like before they become a Christian (seen to the right). This post elaborates on the inner workings … Continue reading
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Share your Moral Foundations
Recently I watched an excellent TED talk by Jonathan Haidt on politics and morality. In the talk Haidt has identified five foundational moral traits people have in various degree. Haidt notices that Liberals value 2 of these traits highly while … Continue reading
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Christian Culpability
I realize the following post is very dry, but it is intended for the philosophically inclined who wish to discuss ethics. Atheists rightly criticize Christians of many wrong doings. But should Atheists criticize Christians as a whole based on the … Continue reading
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My Worldview
Below are my posts written to explain my personal philosophy, values or worldview. Updated to and including my December 2010 posts My odd traits and stories Though I am an atheist, I have religious and superstitious tendencies. Atheists come in … Continue reading
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Atheist Theology
Epistemology: What counts as knowledge? How do you decide what is true? Ethics: What are your meta-ethic positions? What are your ethical standards? Hermeneutics: How do you approach Biblical texts, Muslim texts and the like? Goyology: What are your beliefs, … Continue reading
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Unethical Atheists
I am going to start this post to keep track of some interesting stuff on comparing morality of believers vs. non-believers. I will keep modifying, organizing and augmenting this post. So your comments are coveted ! Read up on O.C.E.A.N. … Continue reading
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Goyology
Goyology (definition): One’s beliefs, attitudes and behaviors towards others outside your group Goyology exists in religious groups, philosophical circles, ethnic groups, clubs, nations or any grouping of people who self-define their group. Etymology: I found no theological category capturing this … Continue reading
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Politically-Correct Atheism
There are a great variety of contradictory Christian ethical theories. Likewise, Atheists are all over the map in terms of ethics. I would think they are all over the map in terms of politics too, yet I find most atheist … Continue reading
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