Ethics
There are some excellent questions raised in this movie.
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Can any sort of morality be sustained in the absence of a divine moral lawgiver from which an objective moral standard can be derived and to whom we are all accountable? Atheist philosopher Joel Marks argues in his piece that it cannot (part 2), that the best atheists are left with is the subjective dislike [...]
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On Quora I was invited to help answer the question “Is God the only possible foundation for objective morality?”. The following is my contribution. Yes, without an objective moral lawgiver the notion of an objective moral law is absurd. The fundamental question when it comes to the establishment of any moral system is where obligation [...]
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Blinky™ from Ruairi Robinson on Vimeo. The above video is EXTREMELY well done for a 12 minute short. What makes it even more chilling, however, is how in a recent debate regarding the meaning of life, the question was asked about making sure Asimov’s 3 laws of robotics should be imprinted in all robotics. One [...]
In Heretics pg. 16-17 G.K. Chesterton writes: Nobody has any business to use the word “progress” unless he has a definite creed and a cast-iron code of morals. Nobody can be progressive without being doctrinal; I might almost say that nobody can be progressive without being infallible at any rate, without believing in some infallibility. [...]
If you suppose that you are nothing more than the molecules that make you up, then the only thing you can own are molecules. However that poses a problem since our bodies are constantly changing out molecules. In fact, 98% of the molecules in our bodies are replaced yearly. There is not a core of [...]
This is a long video but well worth it if you want to understand the secular left’s position on animals and their relationship with humans. The key point, in my estimation, comes in during the Q&A at the end where one of the audience members makes the point that we have to come up with [...]
Sean McDowell recently debated James Corbett on the question of whether morality is better grounded in atheism or theism. (MP3 here) Some highlights include: We require a transcendant source of morality in order to judge other cultures. We require a “Law above the law” Objective moral standards require a God Without objective moral standards, all we are [...]
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Copyright has been one of the leading issues of the 21st century and yet surprisingly little has been written on it from a uniquely Christian perspective. The most one reads about it, for example, is that violation of copyright is akin to stealing and the treatment of copyright pretty much ends there. However I don’t [...]
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