Category Archives: Political Philosophy
Mitt Romney — Good for American Religion?
I grew up being taught that Catholics were people to be avoided. We whispered about them. I even remember being scared to walk into my first Catholic church. Then, when I was as old as my children are now, I … 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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Comparative Studies Insights
The Mahābhārata is written in Sanskrit. For millennium, Hindus have claimed that Sanskrit is a unique, sacred, and magically powerful language. I heard this claim over and over again in India and in Ashrams in this country. But is Sanskrit … Continue reading
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Mirror Neurons : Our Moral Imagination
I am reading Robert Wright’s excellent book on “The Evolution of God”. Over at “Liberty and Skepticism“, I wrote a short post on one of Wright’s recent essays — please go take a look.
Filed under Atheism, Buddhism, Christianity, Evolution, Islam, Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Religion, Science
Libertarian Nut: Michael Shermer
Michael Shermer, column writer for Scientific American and author of many great Skeptic books, blogged yesterday, “How I Became Libertarian” where he rationalizes how he can be, like me, a libertarian and a skeptic. The post is a rather wordy … Continue reading
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Atheism as a Worldview
Worldviews are Individualistic Although I disagree with his definitions, I’d like to tip my hat to my excellent fellow blogger, Luke at Common Sense Atheism, who brought up the discussion of “Is Atheism a Worldview?” . For though Atheism seems … Continue reading
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Swine Flu – Govt. Action ! Hmmmm
Caution: This is a politically incorrect video for you most of you Atheists ! Congressman Ron Paul (former medical doctor) says: 1) Bigger Government usually makes things worse. 2) Vaccines need to be view judiciously. Ah, but he is just … Continue reading
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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An Atheist Dilemma
OK, I have a dilemma for some of you Atheists. News today: In what religious freedom advocates regarded as a breakthrough in Vietnam, authorities granted rare permission to unregistered house church groups to hold a large, public Easter-related service here … 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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