Atheist Ethicist

One of my objections to the idea that we have some sort of ‘motivational belief’ is the difficulty in squaring such an entity with our evolu...

So, is all of this philosophizing about the nature of value just another example of debating the relationships between dancing angels and he...

Today, I want to bring up an important set of implications for some of the claims I made in yesterday’s post. Yesterday, I mentioned that ...

Richard wishes to argue that my account of morality in terms of desires – which he identifies as “mere drives and cravings” is inadequate. H...

Today, I wish to deal with Atheist Observer’s proposed counter-example to my claim that no set of beliefs entails a desire. Atheist Observ...

I am pleased with the response that this recent series on beliefs and desires has solicited. I sincerely enjoy this stuff – moral philosophy...

Atheist Observer and Thayne have challenged me to better defend my claim that reason cannot affect desires-as-ends; that it takes something ...

Yesterday’s post about the relationship between beliefs and desires came up in part because of my views on how one should treat evil people....

In today’s post I want to address the third of three excellent questions from the studio audience that I received over the weekend. This one...

Today I am going to address the second of three interesting questions from the studio audience that I received a couple of days ago. This on...

I woke up this morning to three excellent questions from the studio audience on three fundamental ethical concerns; the value of ecosystems,...

Today’s post comes from things that I was going to say yesterday, but which I could not get to make sense. Background One claim that I h...