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The Pantheistic Option

July 31, 2010 – 1:32 am

Despite its aesthetic which oddly merges the New Age with the robotic, this video resonates with the Spinozist in me in some ways and fascinates me with its unbelievable strangeness (especially his brief craziness) in many ways: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoiW4KO_Om4&hl=en_US&fs=1&] This is just the latest in months worth of videos in which he has documented his deconversion. [...]

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By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Atheist Videos, Atheistic Ethics, Christianity, Fundamentalism, God, Religion | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

My Perfectionistic, Egoistic AND Universalistic, Indirect Consequentialism (And Contrasts With Other Kinds)

July 25, 2010 – 2:15 pm

A consequentialist assesses the ultimate worth of all the various features of our ethical lives according to whether or not they bring about some specific intrinsic good or goods that the consequentialist judges to be of primary value. All the various valuable features of our lives have their ultimate value with respect to how they [...]

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By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Atheistic Ethics, Atheistic Ethics, Contemporary Ethics, Contemporary Ethics, Ethical Pluralism, Ethical Pluralism, Ethics, Ethics, Featured, Metaethics, Metaethics, Moral Psychology, Moral Psychology, Morality, Morality, Philosophical Ethics, Philosophical Ethics, Teleology, Teleology, Virtues, Virtues | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (3)

Christopher Hitchens: “Some Confessions and Contradictions”

July 24, 2010 – 1:21 pm

Hitchens discusses his memoir Hitch-22: Your Thoughts?

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Dan Dennett’s Response To Rick Warren

July 19, 2010 – 5:12 pm

4 years old, but evergreen: Your Thoughts?

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The Implausible And Disturbing Message The Christian Tells Her Child

July 19, 2010 – 1:41 am

The Thinking Atheist presents “Welcome To This World” Your Thoughts?

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Larry David On Religion (Post Fixed)

July 19, 2010 – 1:26 am

Hi everyone, I apologize that earlier when I tried to post this video, it came up as just code and not an actual video. The blog was on automatic pilot as I was on vacation and so I missed the error. Here now is the video promised to you yesterday afternoon. Your Thoughts?

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Stephen Fry On “Big Think”

July 18, 2010 – 4:01 pm

An hour with Stephen Fry: Your Thoughts?

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On Confronting The Harsh Truths About Death

July 18, 2010 – 11:05 am

My young son asked me what happens after we die. I told him we get buried under a bunch of dirt and worms eat our bodies. I guess I should have told him the truth -that most of us go to Hell and burn eternally – but I didn’t want to upset him. More deep [...]

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Gay Sex And Reality

July 18, 2010 – 10:58 am

Recently a University of Illinois adjunct professor in a course on Catholicism got into unfairly lost his job over expressing his philosophical opposition to homosexuality in an e-mail to his student in what seems to me like a pretty clear violation of academic freedom. As to the substance of his arguments though, PZ Myers does [...]

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By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Applied Ethics, Applied Ethics, Christianity, Christianity, Ethics, Ethics, Homophobia, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Homosexuality, LGBTQAA, Morality, Morality, PZ Myers, PZ Myers, Philosophical Ethics, Philosophical Ethics, Philosophy, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church, Sex, Teleology, Teleology | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Qualia Soup On Skewed Views Of Science

July 15, 2010 – 8:57 am

An old Qualia Soup video I missed in the past.  Thanks to Critical Thinker for the heads up. Your Thoughts?

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