Atheist Ethicist

209 days until class . . . I have been distracted somewhat in the past week - studying the history of events that lead up to the Civil War...

210 days until the first class . . . . As I have gone through the readings for Philosophy 5100 - Contemporary Moral Theory - I have expres...

On or near January 20, 2017, Richard Spencer was speaking before a camera when an activist punched him in the head and walked away. This set...

In 214 days, classes start. Yes, I am nervous. I have been focusing on my faux taking of Philosophy 5100: Contemporary Moral Theory - ke...

219 days until classes start. The reading assignment for PHIL 5110: Contemporary Moral Theory was Richard Joyce, "The evolutionary de...

220 days until the first class. I have just posted my second longish paper over at the desirism group on Facebook. This one, entitled ...

I have finished the first reading assignment for Phil 5110: Contemporary Moral Theory: Sharon Street, "A Darwinian Dilemma for Realist ...

222 days until the start of classes. Or . . . 0 days, depending on how you look at it. In looking at the University of Colorado course l...

227 days until the start of class. In the realm of philosophical progress, I posted an updated version of a response to Hume's Is/Ough...

Classes start in 233 days. I have just posted a new article over at the desirism group in Facebook. This concerns Hume's Is/Ought dis...

235 days until classes start. Today, I started W.D. Ross, The Right and the Good . It is another classic text that I have seen mentioned o...

G.E. Moore: The Ends Justify the Means 236 days until the first day of class. Here is an argument from G.E. Moore against moral absoluti...

Classes start in 238 days. I have made my New Years Resolutions. (1) Exercise less, (2) Stop losing weight, and (3) Write more. And, in wr...

I will be attending my first class in 242 days. I seem to have adopted a new practice of writing papers instead of blog postings or Facebo...

248 days until my first class. I am thinking . . . I really need to fit John Rawls' A Theory of Justice into these next 248 days. I...

251 days until the first class. *gulp* Okay. Calm down. Everything will be fine. Deep breath. I have two three-day weekends coming up ...