Sam Harris and “The End of Faith”: A Science of Good and Evil? (Part 8:2)
Yesterday, I began to look at Sam Harris’ attempt to root morality within the field of science. Needless to say, such a claim is highly problematic. As I should...
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Sam Harris and “The End of Faith”: Can Science be the Basis of Morality? (Part 8:1)
Despite his attacks on religion and “faith,” atheist Sam Harris nevertheless holds to his own presuppositional faith in “science,” namely that there can be a “s...
Friedrich Nietzsche: Master Morality and Slave Morality…and Jesus
In addition to talking about the will to power and the will to truth, Nietzsche also has a lot to say about what he coins master morality and slave morality. Th...
Let’s Talk More About Sex: Applying Mere Christianity to Today
After I wrote yesterday’s post, I have to admit it, I was thinking about sex…a lot. So cue the Barry White, I have a few more thoughts. If that is an intriguing...
Mere Christianity: Morality and Psychoanalysis
Here’s a question for you: if someone suffers a psychotic break and, in the midst of that, takes a knife and slits the throat of an innocent person, is that per...
Mere Christianity: Social Morality
In 3:3 of Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis addresses the topic of morality at the social level. It may come as a shock to modern Evangelical conservatives in Ameri...
Mere Christianity: Three Parts of Morality
Over the past couple of weeks I have not written any posts on C.S. Lewis and Mere Christianity. A friend of mine suggested I get back to it, and so since someon...