Posts filed under “Philosophy”
On Being a Good Person
Am I someone who “does the right thing?” I may think I’m a person who does the right thing if I don’t cheat on my taxes, am never mean to my friends and try to help them, and try to spend some time donating or volunteering for a good cause. To be morally good (or [...]
The Tower of Babel Part Two: Science Again!
I was previously discussing a rather simple but unconventional idea: If Christianity has flaws that atheists reject, why not redesign Christianity (or any other religion) to correct for those flaws? The last time we discussed this, the subject was the problem of suffering on earth. This time, we will address the question of science and [...]
The Tower of Babel, Part One
There are many objections to Christianity. Some of the most well-known: Why should there be a hell? Why should bad things (hell, sickness, etc.) happen to people who are good? While many people have raised and tried to answer these objections, let’s take this in a bit of a different direction. If these are legitimate [...]
Are we all better off with equality?
Many people argue that the world would be a better place if there was more equality. In the extreme case, equality has become synonomous with “morality”. Would we actually be better off if there was more equality? Not necessarily. A recent slate article examines the discrepancy between black and white spending on “visible goods” (like [...]