Atheist Ethicist

It should be noted that the only place where the Republican Party retained power on the federal level was where they could manipulate the vo...

The Fiscal Cliff looms. The term refers to a set of automatic spending cuts and tax increases that go into effect or expire at the end of...

I am hoping that the election will prompt the Republican Party to do some soul searching and make some badly needed changes. I am not a poli...

I spent some time last week discussing where Romney's economic plans will fail - how he ignores the problems of positive and negative ex...

A pool player will tell you, with each shot you take, to think about the shot that follows. Where the cue ball stops is nearly as important ...

This is an ethics blog. With the election getting near, I have to note the low moral quality of Romney’s character. Liar The first mor...

Adam Smith's "invisible hand", whereby a free market economy benefits society as a whole, requires an assumption of near-equal...

Sorry, I took some time off to suffer from an illness, but I am better now. I was discussing how Romney's economic plans would fail in...

The topic of negative externalities identifies a place where the Republican Party completely abandons its own morality. Free market econom...

I am a fan of free markets. However, I am no fan of the Republican Party when it ignores what is understood about how markets work. This poi...

Over the course of the next four days, I am going to discuss four reasons why Romney's economic intentions will fail. Furthermore, I w...

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...