Morality or Meaning Without God?
Four different arguments for the existence of God claim that God is required to account for objective moral right and wrong, evil, value, and the meaning of life. This post critically examines all four claims.
Ethics
Ethics is the branch of philosophy that concerns itself with how people should live and behave. Here you will find articles on moral issues, the basis of morality, and moral virtue.
The Seven Deadly Sins
Here are two long videos on the seven deadly sins: wrath, pride, envy, avarice, gluttony, lust, and sloth. Whether or not these are sins against God, they are moral vices that can ruin lives. The first video introduces them, and the second analyzes them as vices of excess or deficiency.
Should Women Wear Hijabs?
I saw a Muslim video that claimed women should wear hijabs, because not wearing them led men into the sin of lusting after them, and this made women guilty of a double-sin, not just once, but for each man they attracted. The idea was also expressed that revealing their attractiveness by not wearing a hijab caused men to feel tormented.
A Secular Case Against Gay Marriage?
I was reading an article called Dismantling the Secular Case Against Gay Marriage, which referred back to an article called The Secular Case Against Gay Marriage. I don’t think I was convinced by either argument. The arguments provided against gay marriage were not that great, but the person arguing against the secular case against gay marriage claimed contradictions where there weren’t any, …
Improving the Ten Commandments
How would you improve on the ten commandments? What would you change, take away, or add? Here is my own attempt at improving the ten commandments. I have modified the first ten, sometimes substantially, and I have added six more for what I’m calling a Humanist Hexadecalogue.
Consciousness and Evil
Read my Dissertation on your Kobo, Kindle, or Nook
My Ph.D. dissertation was on what it means for a person to be evil. In other words, what is an evil person? The main purpose behind this was to know how to avoid being evil. The whole dissertation can be read as an eBook or a PDF file.