Atheist Ethicist

Why should you adopt desirsm? Answer: If I am right, you already have. You may have a favorite account of how you think you do morality....

In a recent appearance, President Obama said that one of the things he has realized is that Washington cannot be changed from the inside. It...

After recently posting on why I have not written much on politics recently, I want to say a few things on where the policies that Democra...

It is utter arrogance to pretend to have certain knowledge on the matter of political and economic systems. This point is relevant to comm...

I was asked Why haven't you been writing much about politics lately? Surely it is a meaty topic given the upcoming election? I haven...

In my writings, I employ certain phrases ad nauseum - because they put an emphasis on what I consider to be important - what I want people t...

Tracking visits to my blog back to their origin, I often find things that cause me a bit of . . . well . . . frustration? Baggini vs Kraus...

I have been asked to address what is wrong with blackmail, referencing the article What's Wrong with Blackmail?" by Julia Galef. ...

I told you so. What did I tell you? I told you that atheists are human beings. They are not a group of hyper-rational super humans. We...

It is wrong to inject violence, threats of violence, or celebrations of violence into a discussion. This post concerns one of the major co...

Yes, but . . . Person A is accused of a wrongdoing. In order to block the charge of wrongdoing, a person may offer an excuse – a statement...

This post relevant to a major point of disagreement in the Atheist Plus discussion. As is often the case when such factions form, both sid...