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Entries Tagged as 'Moral Philosophy'

Ah, Sanity

September 8th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Much media flutter over Joe Biden’s declaration that he believes “life” begins at conception. Since I’ve hammered this point too many times already, I outsource my response to Jill at Feministe, who reminds us that “when life begins”—despite being tossed about as though it’s somehow at the core of the debate about abortion—is basically an [...]

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With Enemies Like These…

July 22nd, 2008 · 17 Comments

Normally I steer clear of vegevangelism, but surely it says something about the ethics of how we feed ourselves today that when someone actually does take it upon himself to defend modern factory farming, the result looks like this. Perhaps “defend” is putting it strongly: Wesley J. Smith’s strategy isn’t to offer any kind of [...]

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Classics of Confusion

March 5th, 2008 · 5 Comments

The Claremont Institute is apparently posting some “classic” essays from its archives, beginning with Harry Jaffa’s “Macbeth and the Moral Universe.”  As a prelude to his argument about the Scottish Play, Jaffa offers up a modern point of contrast:
Macbeth is a moral play par excellence. In this, it stands in stark contrast to two more [...]

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Lobotomizer, Lobotomize Thyself

December 29th, 2007 · 2 Comments


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Hierarchies of Rights

December 27th, 2007 · 5 Comments


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Real Motivations

November 2nd, 2007 · 4 Comments


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What Is This “Secular Ethics” Of Which You Speak?

October 25th, 2007 · 11 Comments


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Am I a Relativist? Well, It Depends.

October 11th, 2007 · 9 Comments


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More Fun With Libertarian Animal Rights

August 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment


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Are Animals People Too?

August 22nd, 2007 · 1 Comment


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