Atheist Ethicist

This is the second in a short series of posts on Greta Christina's article in AlterNet describing why atheists have to talk about atheis...

Greta Christina had an article recently in AlterNet in which she gave three reasons why atheists have to talk about atheism. (See: Alterne...

What do you want from a moral theory? A member of the studio wrote to say: I would want it to inspire me, to convince me to change my wa...

I’m just going to answer a few questions from a member of the studio audience. Identifying a person who would torture a child as somebody ...

Suppose that, suddenly, every person on earth would suddenly be gone from the earth except for you. You will be alone in the universe. Do y...

One area in which I am pessimistic is on the question of whether future generations will be well cared for by present generations. It is not...

Some more comments from a member of the studio audience: If it is demonstrated that keeping women in-doors is harmonious (tending to fulfi...

A member of the studio audience has asked that I report on what desire utilitarianism has to say with respect to obligations to future gener...

A member of the studio audience has given me reason to go a little deeper into the nature of desire. People are not actually moved by the de...

A member of the studio audience has asked me a series of questions on the persistence and malleability of desires and their implications for...

There is no mutually exclusive 'is – ought' distinction. The only mutually exclusive alternative to 'is' is 'is not'...

ACIn this posting I would like to address a common form of argument against desire utilitarianism in order to show that the argument is far ...

So, a member of the studio audience writes: So, desires are the only reason for action that exist. And "good" is 'that for w...

Today, I would like to address some of the issues that are presented in a hypothetical case brought forward by a member of the studio audien...

Some members of the studio audience have focused attention on my use of the term 'generally' when I talk about a desire being good o...

Sorry, I need to interrupt myself for a moment. I have recently encountered a large set of articles from people telling the world what an ...

A member of the studio audience reported: I once again have to strongly disagree with your definition of evil. First of all it's far t...

I was just telling a member of the studio audience late last week that it was time for me to write a few posts on moral theory. Coincidental...

Finishing up this week’s theme on how nice atheists should be I would like to note a continuing deficiency among atheist writers – the degre...

The war between the "accomodationists" and the "new atheists" is heating up again. This flare-up started with a couple o...