Virtue and Sexism in Purity Culture
One Sunday during the years of my adolescence I attended the morning worship service all by my lonesome. I forget the reason why. I sat down in a pew to the left of the...
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Should I Desire That You All Follow My Religion?
(Cross-posted on the Front Page) I would hope not to court much controversy by saying that all of us should live in accordance with the truth. Call it a notion of natural law that...
Torture Isn’t Complicated
Jon Stewart, the comedic political commentator and host of The Daily Show, has an unfortunate habit of thinking he’s being hospitable to a legitimate opposing viewpoint when really he’s just inclining an ear to...
Remembering Teachers: The Good, the Bad, and the Joyless
The other day on Facebook some friends and I were reminiscing about a few of our literature professors. We were pretty much in agreement about who was a lousy instructor and who rocked our...
In Practice, Objective Morality Needs No Ultimate Source
In the short video below, Boston College philosophy professor Peter Kreeft goes looking for the ultimate source of morality, doesn’t find it in evolution, reason, conscience, human nature, or utilitarianism, but calls off the...
My LEGO Team of Mighty Heroes
I’m going to go out on a limb and declare that I am more attached to my son’s Lego toys than he is. And he simply thinks the world of them. The boy has...
Social Safety-Nets and the Right to Vote: A Thought Experiment
Would you support amending the Constitution to provide a federal safety net in food, housing, education, and medical care, with the following limitation: anyone who accepts that support would not be entitled to vote...
What’s Your Ethic of Voting?
A single vote may rarely make a difference for good or ill, but cumulatively votes obviously have practical consequence, and so I think we can reasonably speak of an ethics of voting that applies...
Finding the Right Fit for Star Wars Episode VII
Alyssa Rosenberg pushes back against the idea of handing Joss Whedon the keys to the pop culture kingdom, arguing against the creator of Buffy and Firefly running the next Star Wars movie. According to...
Disney to Make Star Wars Episode VII: Will the Force Be With Them?
A long, long time ago (in Internet time) I expressed my desire to see Star Wars re-imagined and remade. With the news today that Disney has bought Lucasfilm and plans to run and grow...
