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Entries from November 18th, 2013

Leaving on a Jet Plane

November 18th, 2013 1 Comment

At 7.15pm New Zealand time today I will depart New Zealand for Baltimore, Maryland, USA. I am going for a week where I will give 3 talks on the following topics: Feticide: “Boonin’s Defense of the Sentience Criterion: A Critique” to the Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society God and Morality: “Divine Commands and Biblical […]

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Cultural Priorities?

November 14th, 2013 1 Comment

The New Zealand herald reports that New Zealand teenagers Ella Yelich-O’Connor (aka Lorde) and Lydia Ko have made the top two spots in Time Magazine’s Most Influential Teenagers of 2013 list. The New Zealand media have been reporting this story over and over, celebrating the wonderful achievements of our very own Lorde and Ko. I am sorry to break it […]

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Matt to speak at the EPS Apologetics Conference in Baltimore on Morality and God’s Commands

November 12th, 2013 Comments Off on Matt to speak at the EPS Apologetics Conference in Baltimore on Morality and God’s Commands

This blog’s Matthew Flannagan has been invited to speak at the 12th Annual Apologetics Conference of the Evangelical Philosophical Society in Baltimore, USA. The theme of this year’s conference is Reasonable Faith in an Uncertain World. Matt’s talk is titled “Morality and God’s Commands: Answering Common Objections.” The blurb for Matt’s talk is as follows: “It is […]

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Madeleine to Speak at the ACTIV8 Pro-Life Training Day in Wellington

November 6th, 2013 Comments Off on Madeleine to Speak at the ACTIV8 Pro-Life Training Day in Wellington

This blog’s Madeleine will be speaking at the ACTIV8 Pro-Life Training Day in Paraparaumu, just North of Wellington, on 23 November 2013.  ACTIV8 is a pro-life formation event that is hosted by Stayin’ Alive every year.  (I was originally scheduled to speak but as I will be in the USA Madeleine is taking my place.) From the organisers: […]

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Is a Divine Command Theory Psychotic? Sam Harris on Divine Commands Part III

November 5th, 2013 2 Comments

In Sam Harris on Divine Commands Part I I criticised Harris’ characterisation of divine command meta-ethics. I refuted Harris’ contention a divine command theory is pscyopathic in Is a Divine Command Theory Pscyopathic? Sam Harris on Divine Commands: Part II. In this last post in this series, I will address Harris’s contention that a divine command theory reflects […]

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Matt Nominated for Evangelical Philosophical Society Executive

November 1st, 2013 Comments Off on Matt Nominated for Evangelical Philosophical Society Executive

I am pleased to announce that this blog’s Matthew Flannagan has been nominated as one of the candidates for the three vacant executive committee positions for the 2013 Executive Committee of the Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS). Matt is the only New Zealander to have been nominated. If you are a member of the EPS please make […]

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