Archive for the ‘Moral Philosophy’ Category
All For One, Not One For All: Thoughts on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy
“It is expedient for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”
This age-old attitude is at the heart of the drama in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy, which begins with the international best-seller, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
A confession:...
October 11th, 2011 | Art & Literature, Book Reviews, Culture, Ethics, Human Rights, Media, Moral Philosophy, Social Justice | Read More
Convenience and Reducing a Pregnancy
I stand resolute on my position on abortion: in all but the most extreme circumstances, I do not believe abortion is a viable option. If the pregnancy will clearly lead to the death of both the mother and the child, and it is certain it will be that way, then the loss of one life would be better than...
August 19th, 2011 | Abortion, Bioethics, Culture, Family Issues, Featured, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, Reproductive Technologies | Read More
Freedom Sunday 2011
March 13 was Freedom Sunday, an international effort by congregations around the world to raise awareness about the problem of human trafficking and organize efforts to oppose it around the world. Freedom Sunday coincides with the first Sunday of Lent in the western calendar for a reason. It was for...
March 13th, 2011 | Culture, Ethics, Human Rights, Moral Philosophy, Social Justice, The Gospel | Read More
Rediscovering the Lost Art of Democratic Argument – Lunch w/ TED
Harvard professor Michael Sandel has an idea that would revolutionize political discourse – and it’s not to eliminate cable news.
June 24th, 2010 | Lunch with TED, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, Politics, Religion | Read More
Steve Jobs, Porn, and Corporate Moral Responsibility
When it comes to corporate moral responsibility, the media is consistently double minded.
Steve Jobs, one of the most inspired visionaries of our time, is more than just a businessman–and Apple is more than just a business. From an early age Steve Jobs set out to run his own company and build...
June 1st, 2010 | Culture, Moral Philosophy, Technology | Read More
Instructions for Living Gently in a Violent World
Books that promise to radically change the way I see the world make me skeptical. Living Gently in a Violent World was no different, except insofar as that it actually did.
Living Gently is a release by InterVarsity Press in their ongoing series “Resources for Reconciliation,” which addresses...
July 28th, 2009 | Abortion, Book Reviews, Culture, Human Rights, Media, Moral Philosophy, Religion, Reproductive Technologies | Read More
Evangelicals and Liquor Laws: Letting Adults Choose To Drink
By John Mark Reynolds
College presidents are not always wrong. Here is one they get right: Americans should rethink our polices toward alcohol and young adults.
Eighteen year old adults should have the legal choice to drink in this culture.
College faculty and administrators know that thousands of...
August 27th, 2008 | Culture, Moral Philosophy, Religion | Read More
Sin on a Bun:
The Forgotten Vice of Gluttony
The appetite for sex, thought C.S. Lewis, is in “ludicrous and
preposterous excess of its function.” How else, he wondered, can we
explain the fascination men have with watching a girl publicly undress
on a stage? The “strip-tease” shows the absurdity of our propensity for sexual...
May 29th, 2008 | Moral Philosophy, Religion | Read More
Rainbows and Electric Chairs:
A Christian View on Capital Punishment
Earlier this week the Supreme Court debated whether the rape of children should be punishable by execution. In deciding the case of Patrick Kennedy, a Louisiana man who raped his 8-year-old stepdaughter, the Court could determine whether the death penalty is extended to crimes other than murder. The...
April 17th, 2008 | Moral Philosophy | Read More
Prostitution and the Pollution of Moral Ecology
The news of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s dalliances with high-priced prostitutes fills me with sadness, regret, and dread. Sadness over the Governor’s shaming his family in such a public way, regret at having to listen to the smirking schadenfreude of his political enemies, and dread...
March 11th, 2008 | Moral Philosophy, Politics | Read More
