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Can There Be Morals Without Religion?
By
hfields
For myself, I see ethics as easily separable from religion. Steve argues, if I'm understanding him aright, that we are accountable ultimately to God, and that that is the only true source of our morality and moral obligations. Without a supreme being, our actions are meaningless: 'without moral weight'. If we are accidental, we have…
NASA’s LCROSS Moon Bombing Mission: A Bit Egregious?
By
hfields
Not content with the destruction on our own world, we now lob explosives at other celestial bodies. What a piece of work is man. Just kidding. I think it’s marvelous we’re studying water content on the moon, and I’m excited about space exploration as the next person. But, as I said in a prior post,…
Judge Not… Or Not?
By
hfields
We shouldn’t make snap decisions, right? At least, that’s the message I believe one of our commenters was trying to get across when he (or she) wrote in response to our David Letterman post, “Hero Or Creep“: Might there not be an ethical question in deciding whether you can judge someone as creepy without knowing…
Getting the Last Word: Petty, But So Desperately Satisfying
By
hfields
Today in the grocery store checkout line, a regal-looking elderly woman gave me a hard time. It burned me up so much I walked out of there fuming and practically muttering to myself, rehashing the incident and thinking, boy, when I get home, I am SO gonna blog about this. Why? Because I felt unjustly…
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