Experience appears to teach that many people exhibit a kind of moral cognitive dissonance according to which they express moral repulsion toward some behavior (usually historical), together with approbation of some other behavior that is in many ways morally similar. At present, this most commonly takes the form of moral approbation or tolerance of abortion [...]
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Nihil novi sub sole, secunda pars
Posted in Ethics, Philosophy / Theology, tagged Nihil novi sub sole on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
They spoke as if forced by truth itself
Posted in Ethics, Politics, tagged Cognitive dissonance on February 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There is no God who condones taking the life of an innocent human being. –Barack Obama.
HT: SDG
Nihil novi sub sole, prima pars
Posted in Ethics, Philosophy / Theology, tagged Nihil novi sub sole on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I recently encountered some of these images (of the staff at Auschwitz) for the first time. What struck me was how creepy they are, in particular those depicting the staff laughing and enjoying themselves. A friend I was with at the time made the same observation. And so I began to wonder, why are these [...]
IP, secunda pars
Posted in Ethics, Philosophy / Theology on September 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Update: this is pretty disorganized–read at your own risk.
I said previously that the purpose of copyright is to increase the public domain. The method by which it achieves this purpose is providing incentives to those capable of producing desirable instances of the types of matter subject to copyright. On this view, once such matter has [...]
A Thought on Liberals, Bristol Palin, and Consequentialism
Posted in Ethics, Politics on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I read something recently, though I’m too lazy to find the link, about certain liberal commentators calling certain conservative Christians hypocrites for refusing to criticize Bristol Palin for being pregnant out of wedlock. My first thought regarding this was “What exactly is wrong with being pregnant out of wedlock?” On further reflection, I came up [...]
Intellectual Property and Copyright Infringement
Posted in Ethics, Philosophy / Theology, Politics on September 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The notion of intellectual property seems to be a contradiction of sorts, since the intellect deals with what is universal. The very possibility of private property, I believe, arises from the fact of matter which individuates physical things such that they cannot be common to all. Because of the material nature of things, my possession [...]
