Those who have followed my recent discussions of Walter Sinnott-Armstrong’s writings on God and Morality. Might be interested in this review of Armstrong’s book “Morality without God” by Mark Murphy in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Mark is a lecturer in moral philosophy at Georgetown University. He is is one of the leading critics of divine command ethics […]
Entries from April 30th, 2012
Mark Murphy Reviews Walter Sinnott-Armstrong.
April 30th, 2012 3 Comments
Tags: Divine Command Theory · God and Morality · Mark Murphy · Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
Is Ethical Naturalism More Plausible than Supernaturalism? A Reply to Walter Sinnott-Armstrong: Part II
April 26th, 2012 7 Comments
This is the second part of the paper I presented to the Naturalisms in Ethics Conference at Auckland University last year. In my previous post, I noted that Robert Adams has argued that if God exists, then divine commands “best fill the role assigned to wrongness by the concept”.[1] He argues that if moral obligations are […]
Tags: Divine Command Theory · John Hare · Robert Adams · Stephen Layman · Walter Sinnott-Armstrong · William Lane Craig
Matt on “The Panel” on Pat Brittenden Mornings – with David Slack
April 10th, 2012 1 Comment
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:00am (NZ time) on 10 April 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and Tear Fund’s David Slack discuss topical issues such as talk about the Paid Parental Leave Bill, which proposes extending the leave for parents from 14 weeks to 26 weeks, Easter Trading, among […]
Tags: David Slack · Easter Trading Law · Paid Parental Leave · Pat Brittenden · Radio Rhema · The Panel
Matt on “The Panel” on Pat Brittenden Mornings – with Frank Ritchie
April 9th, 2012 Comments Off on Matt on “The Panel” on Pat Brittenden Mornings – with Frank Ritchie
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:00am (NZ time) on 2 April 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and Tear Fund’s Frank Ritchie discuss topical issues, such as talk the politcal polls and how Prime Minister John Key is still leading in them despite recent scandals, on “The Panel” on Pat Brittenden […]
Tags: Frank Ritchie · Pat Brittenden · Radio Rhema · The Panel
Matt on “The Panel” on Pat Brittenden Mornings – with Cameron Slater
April 7th, 2012 Comments Off on Matt on “The Panel” on Pat Brittenden Mornings – with Cameron Slater
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:00am (NZ time) on 15 March you would have heard this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and Whale Oil’s Cameron Slater discuss topical issues such as, the All Black name that been suppressed in relation to assult, and the also the Ports of Auckland dispute, on “The Panel” on Pat Brittenden […]
Tags: All Blacks · Cameron Slater · Pat Brittenden · Ports of Auckland · Radio Rhema · The Panel
Jesus, Hot Cross Buns, Easter Eggs, Ishtar and Constantine: Is Easter Pagan? Tim McGrew says No!
April 6th, 2012 24 Comments
Easter can be annoying. My kids all want chocolate, this year the hot cross buns sold out and Matt brought crumpets home from the supermarket instead. People who don’t normally have any time for Christianity suddenly feel they must go to church, whilst some of my Christian friends refuse to let their children eat chocolate […]
Tags: Constantine · Easter · Ishtar · Pat Brittenden · Radio Rhema · Tim McGrew
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
Contra Mundum: After Birth Abortion
April 5th, 2012 4 Comments
“What we call ‘after-birth abortion’ (killing a newborn baby) should be permissible in all the cases where abortion is, including cases where the newborn is not disabled.” These words, published in the prestigious “Journal of Medical Ethics” by ethicists Dr Francesca Minerva and Dr Alberto Giubilini, sparked outrage around the world. After-birth abortion is, of […]
Tags: Abortion · Alberto Giubilini · Contra Mundum · Ethics · Francesca Minerva · Infanticide · Investigate Magazine · Joel Feinberg