Atheist Ethicist

A view of right and wrong, good and evil, in a universe without gods.

Friday, June 01, 2012

Mistakes, Lies, and Prejudices

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Many atheists, when responding to criticism against atheism, fail to accurately distinguish between mistakes, lies, and prejudices. Each ...
Thursday, May 31, 2012

The Ethical Atheist Politician: The Social Role of Anti-Atheist Bigotry

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This project has taken turns I did not anticipate. Meant to be a discussion of the activities of the ethical atheist politician, it has incl...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

The Ethical Atheist Politician - Does It Really Matter?

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Picture a woman tied to a stake surrounded by bundles of firewood and wearing a sign that identifies her as a witch. Picture a priest stan...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

The Ethical Atheist Politician - Excuses, Excuses, Excuses

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Today, I want to add two plus two. Last Friday, i claimed that the ethical atheist lobbyist would tell the ethical atheist political orga...
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Friday, May 25, 2012

The Ethical Atheist Lobbyist and the Organization She Represents

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A lobbyist walks into a legislator's office . . . . She is carrying a folder that demonstrates beyond all reasonable doubt the merits ...
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Thursday, May 24, 2012

The Ethical Atheist Politican and Atheist Political Impotentcy

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According to the ratings, the subject of the ethical atheist politician is not a popular or interesting topic. Readership is down significan...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The Ethical Atheist Politician - Coalition Building

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The rules are made by those who show up. Depending if the quality of those who show up, the rules typically assign benefits to those who ...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

The Ethical Atheist Politician - Building a Political Foundation

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The Ethical Atheist Politician - Establishing a Foundation My fifth project this year is to look at the life of an ethical atheist politi...
Monday, May 21, 2012

The Ethical Atheist Politician - Introduction

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What would an ethical atheist politician be like? At the start, it seems like some sort of Chimera - a creature made up of parts of three...
Friday, May 18, 2012

Environmentalists Versus Developers

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A member of the studio audience has provided me with a long question that I think can be summarized as a request to a particular species of ...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Torture - A Summary

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Torture - A Summary In the last two weeks, I took a discussion on torture and turned it into a discussion on comparative moral theory. ...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Caring About "Desires that Tend to Fulfill Other Desires"

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Geoff asked Why do you care about "desires that tend to fulfill other desires" if "desire fulfillment has no value"?...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Non-Obligatory Permissions

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Last week, in my discussion of torture, I compared Same Harris' act-consequentialist moral theory with a desire-based theory that I empl...
Monday, May 14, 2012

Desires and the Well-Being of All Conscious Creatures

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In last week's discussion on torture, a couple members of the studio audience brought up general points that would like to address. Some...
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Alonzo Fyfe
When I was in high school, I decided that I wanted to leave the world better off than it would have been if I had not existed. This started a quest, through 12 years of college and on to today, to try to discover what a "better" world consists of. I have written a book describing that journey that you can find on my website. In this blog, I will keep track of the issues I have confronted since then.
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