The Line We Can’t Draw: The Orphan and the Pig
We already refuse to farm our most vulnerable. Consistency asks us to mean it.
PhilosophyA collection of 24 posts
Who I Am: Why I’m an Agnostic
If you’ve been here before, you might be surprised that agnosticism only ranks third in how I…
Why “Can God Create a Stone So Heavy He Can’t Lift It?” Is a Bad Argument
The problem with the argument is that theists can easily get out of it. They can simply claim that omnipotence does not mean a being can do EVERYTHING. Omnipotence means that a being can do anything logically possible.
A Warning About the Problem of Evil: Handle With Care
Few arguments in the atheist’s toolkit are as famous — or as frequently misused — as Epicurus’…
Why Science and Philosophy Need Each Other
Lately, I have set the science books aside and turned back to philosophy, the field that has…
The “Not As Bad As” Fallacy: Why Comparison Is Not Justification
One of the arguments I find particularly unconvincing — yet surprisingly widespread — is what can be…
Critical thinking: why and how?
As the beliefs we have influence the experiences we face, what we believe seems very important. What we think about the issues we face influences how we spend our time on this earth. While I don’t believe for a second in the absolutism of ‘you attract what you are’ because it is partly blaming the victims of abuse for their experiences, we should not deny the impact of our beliefs on our experiences.