Atheist Ethicist

This is the eighth in a series of posts on presentations given at Beyond Belief 3: Candles in the Dark" You can find a list of all At...

In a recent comment to my posting on A Message of Hate , Jonathan Baker asked some questions about the distinction between raising honest ob...

This is the seventh in a series of posts on presentations given at Beyond Belief 3: Candles in the Dark" You can find a list of all A...

Neuroskeptic wrote the following comment in response to a recent post, The Purpose of Morality . Do we invent morality? I'm not sure w...

In a comment to a previous post, Doug S. pointed out that a call to contribute to some cause necessarily comes with opportunity costs that h...

Note: December 4 is the 1 year anniversary since the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on "under God" and "In God ...

A couple of days ago, I said in reference to the violence in Mubai, India: "We invent morality to protect us from these types of even...

Johnathan Baker, in a comment recently delivered to the post Pope Benedict XVI Markets Hate , made the following point. We live in a basic...

Speaking about incidents in which atheists allow themselves to suffer abuse without standing up to the abusers, the Daily Kos has a story of...

I am undergoing an evaluation of this blog - the things that I like about it, the things that I do not like, with an eye towards making some...

As I mentioned previously, I am undergoing an assessment of the Atheist Ethicist blog with the hope of making some improvements. Db0 has pro...

Greeting, Reader: I have been quiet this holiday weekend because I have been contemplating what I want to do with this blog. I think it is...

Any payment of a ransom to a kidnapper or pirate is entirely immoral. The person who does so deserves harsh moral criticism, up to and inclu...

With the economy in turmoil, and people fearing about losing their homes, their jobs, and their retirement savings, the question of whether ...

This is the sixth in a series of posts on presentations given at Beyond Belief 3: Candles in the Dark" You can find a list of all Ath...

Dear Abby devoted her whole column on November 20 to the thesis that all people must stand for the Pledge of Allegiance as a sign of respect...

Here is a puzzle from the field of economics. Opportunity Costs Imagine that there is a particular concert that you want to go to with a...

It would take some sound economic study, and a specific knowledge of the automobile industry, to determine the value of saving General Motor...

At the recent Republican Governors' Conference we saw the beginnings of a debate within the Republican Party as to the best course to ta...

A constitutional right to engage in some action does not imply that it is right to engage in that action. You have a constitutional right ...