Atheist Ethicist

I read a review of Rick Gervais' movie The Invention of Lying in which Gervais was accused of being “mean spirited” for the way in whic...

Hot on the heals of yesterday's post, in which I questioned the government's right to declare that atheism is unpatriotic, we have a...

I hate being wrong. Yet, in writing this blog, I think I have to say that I have been wrong about the relationship between desires-as-means ...

The claim that "one nation, under God" is not meant to promote the idea of one nation under God is one of the most absurd claims t...

I am writing this series about the start of the manned space program because it is an excellent example of how to use a system of experiment...

There are religious groups in California now gloating that four townships have now stood up to the evil atheists and voted unanimously to co...

In this series of posts I am commenting on an article sent to me by a member of the studio audience. These are, in a sense, notes written in...

Yesterday, I wrote that young earth creationists are responsible for a great deal of death and suffering and will be responsible for more in...

In this series of posts I am commenting on an article sent to me by a member of the studio audience. These are, in a sense, notes written in...

Electing a young-earth creationist to make laws is as foolish as getting into a car driven by a drunk. A member of the studio audience sai...

In this series of posts I am commenting on an article sent to me by a member of the studio audience. These are, in a sense, notes written in...

In this series of posts I am commenting on an article sent to me by a member of the studio audience. These are, in a sense, notes written in...

In my readings today I came across a couple of articles that speaking to different subjects that should be brought together. In a review o...

In this series of posts I am commenting on an article sent to me by a member of the studio audience. These are, in a sense, notes written in...

I have been asked by a member of th studio audience whether I consider love to be something special that transcends the physical universe, o...

Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort are continuing to build on their legacy of hate-mongering and bigotry. Their next act, which they are bragging ...

In my morning browsings of the internet this morning, Planet Atheism pointed me to an article from Daniel Fincke, And They Say Atheists Are...

In this series of posts I am commenting on an article sent to me by a member of the studio audience. These are, in a sense, notes written in...

I am spending some time applying the general ideas I have been working on in this blog to the mundane but significantly important task of fi...

For some time, Luke Muehihauser has been sending me articles in moral philosophy that are relevant to the desire utilitarian theory I defend...