Can one be a Cartesian dualist and consistently hold that abortion is immoral? It seems to me that such a position, though tenable, makes arguing against abortion significantly harder. This is because according to the Cartesian dualist, I am not a body, but an immaterial soul that has a body. My body is something [...]
Tags: Abortion, applied ethics, dualism
Lately, I haven’t had time to do any blogging, mainly because recently I enrolled in Biola University’s distance certificate in apologetics problem. I’m nearly finished (Module 2/3), and I’ll have a review of the program up once I’m done. As for now, here’s a short video featuring Paul Copan on the problem of evil. Copan [...]
Tags: Paul Copan, problem of evil
It turns out the average advocate for abortion choice holds beliefs which implicitly make then pro-life, even though they might not recognize it. The following argument is easy to articulate to others in a conversational setting. All you need to do is ask questions. The advantage of this argument is that it avoids the extended [...]
Tags: Abortion, Identity, personhood
Austin Hill and Scott Rae, The Virtues of Capitalism: A Moral Case for Free Markets (Chicago, IL: Northfield. 2010) Capitalism’s reputation has taken a beating in light of the recent financial crisis. According to politicians and pundits from both sides of the spectrum, capitalism is to blame. Not so, say Austin Hill and Scott Rae, who [...]
Tags: Austin Hill, Bailout, Capitalism, Economics, Greed, Scott Rae
Here’s a cinematic presentation of the debate between moral relativism and objectivism that I found posted over at Frank Turek’s blog. A serial killer kidnaps a professor who espouses a form of moral relativism and challenges him to give him one good reason why he ought not kill him. From what I’ve heard, they’re making [...]
Tags: cruel logic, Moral argument
