Over the course of my lectures on ethics, I’ve been emphasizing moral dilemmas that contemporary philosophers have discussed, using consequentialism as a guiding theme, mentioning what consequentialism would say about those cases. Now I want to step back and talk about competing moral theories, and the alternatives to consequentialism. The most commonly cited alternative to [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Moral theory: consequentialism and its competitors
Posted by Chris Hallquist on July 31, 2008
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Confusion on Biblical authority
Posted by Chris Hallquist on July 31, 2008
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When I see liberal Christians saying Christians needn’t be anti-gay, they often seem to use two conflicting arguments: the Bible doesn’t say what most Evangelicals think it says, and anyway the Biblical authors didn’t know any better. Example: this Hemant interview of Candace Chellow-Hodge. Not sure if this quite belongs in the “stupidity” category, but [...]
Changing the subject
Posted by Chris Hallquist on July 30, 2008
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Can’t believe it’s taken this long to get a post in my stupidity category on this subject–changing the subject. Prime example found in “What’s Wrong with Science as Religion” by Karl Giberson in /Salon/. Basically: Giberson criticizes various posts made by PZ Myers, yet if you look at the referenced posts, Giberson has simply ignored [...]
Computer day in chemistry class
Posted by Chris Hallquist on July 28, 2008
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This is a Science Sunday post, and a follow up to last week’s. But, after thinking awhile about how to talk about what I wanted to talk about, I decided a somewhat different approach than I’d normally use for writing about science. Here it goes. Been nearly a year since I’ve taken any chemistry class. [...]
I enjoyed /Batman Begins/ more
Posted by Chris Hallquist on July 26, 2008
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WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS NO MAJOR SPOILERS, BUT MAY RUIN YOUR MOVIE EXPERIENCE ANYWAY. Saw the new Batman movie last night. Was very excited about it, basically expecting it to be /Batman Beings/ with a much, much cooler villain. And before going, I tried to avoid ruining my viewing experience by reading any reviews that [...]