Tag Archives: morality

Against realism

Posted on 2014-02-04 by Gilbert

Leah Libresco is stymied at this week’s edition of her Pope Francis bookclub. (You won’t be able to follow the rest of this without reading that post.) I’m not guaranteeing for my own interpretation here, but I think the problem … Continue reading →

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The prophesy of Caiaphas

Posted on 2012-09-09 by Gilbert

So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs. If we leave him alone, all will believe in him, and the Romans will come and … Continue reading →

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What’s a secular argument?

Posted on 2012-02-13 by Gilbert

Many people believe everyone supporting a policy should have a secular reason to do so. Deferring, for the moment, the question if that is a sensible expectation, I wonder how we decide whether an argument is secular. I acknowledge one … Continue reading →

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