Atheist Ethicist

For the past few posts I have been looking at some objections that Dr. Chris Heathwood at the University of Colorado - Boulder - sent to me ...

I am spending a few posts going over what Dr. Chris Heathwood of the University of Colorado suggested may be problems with my "desire s...

In an email, Dr. Chris Heathwood of the University of Colorado - Boulder - suggested a potential problem with the desire fulfillment theory ...

Back in May, I wrote a letter to Dr. Chris Heathwood (Univ. of Colorado - Boulder) providing a possible answer to an objection that Derek Pa...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's State Department Emails provide a good example to use to illustrate some of the finer points...

As a writer, I recognize an obligation to make certain that what I write is true. This does not only mean writing what I believe – refusin...

People object to many of Donald Trump's policies, but seldom offer more than grunts of disapproval. This is an ethics blog, and I want...

Is "conservatism" compatible with civil rights? This question arises from an article I read that argued that, in 1964, a branch ...

Some people make the false claim that those who reject voting for third parties in a winner-take-all political system such as the United Sta...

Aristotle's theory of well-being, as Richard Kraut presented it, is a tangled mess. I am reading through the Routledge Handbook of the...

I agree with Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tx) on something. The issue I agree with him on is the issue of states' rights. This is the idea that...

What are imaginings? This blog posting is actually a description of my thinking as I came across what I found to be an interesting philoso...

I got into a discussion recently that included the topic of beliefs that can motivate. I deny that such things exist. Or, if they do exi...

For the past week, I have been focusing on Plato – and, in particular, The Republic. Why? This is actually a question I ask myself. Plat...