Atheist Ethicist

I fear that MSNBC commenter Kieth Olbermann is going down the same road that created the likes of Ann Coulter. This path began when Olberman...

House Resolution 2679 , (h/t DailyKos ) which went to the floor of the House on September 14, is an attempt to effectively repeal a part of ...

The Bush Administration will be using these next few weeks get Congress to formally embrace the Bush Administration’s policies on torture, r...

Today’s discussion of moral theory is inspired by a posting in a thread called “ Sam Harris On Morality ” at the Internet Infidels Discussio...

My new plan is to devote the weekend posts to moral theory, and talk about moral application on weekdays. This weekend’s topics are: Tod...

From the political left I am starting to see a fallacy that is highly destructive of any meaningful debate on the best course of action to t...

Last night I listened to a CSPAN presentation by Jan Goldman, author of “ The Ethics of Spying .” The presentation began with a descripti...

I received the call just the other day from somebody with a moral question. (By the way, I do take requests. Just send me an email with a qu...

My first post of the new year. I am actually going to start the year with two posts put together; (1) a short section on Bush’s speech, an...

My blog is 1 year old today. I think that it is time for some healthy self-reflection and self-criticism – where this blog is at (the good...

I had originally thought to title this posting, "Why Osama Bin Laden is still alive." I meant to suggest that, perhaps the Bush Ad...

Last week I wrote some objections to the theory that happiness is the sole ultimate value and the sole concern of ethics. Today, I want to a...