Natural Law Theory and Frustrating Sexual Ends
Natural Law Theory, in a nutshell: NLT states that behaviours that are rationally chosen by an agent that do not fit the remit of the final cause of the agent or part of
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More on Natural Law Theory and the Enjoyment of Sex
Yesterday, I posted on the subject of Natural Law Theory (NLT) in the context of the enjoyment of sex. NLT states that behaviours that are rationally chosen by an agent that do not
Natural Law Theory and the Enjoyment of Sex
I am presently editing a book with the working title “The Unnecessary Science” that is a robust critique of Thomism, Natural Law and Christian thinkers such as Edward Feser. I (and fellow contributor
Not Seeing OmniGod through Philosophy and Logic: Heaven & Consequentialism
Introductory spiel: One of my more recent books, Not Seeing God: Atheism in the 21st Century (UK), has a plethora of gems in it for the reader and a smorgasbord of variety. It
Two Sides of the Review Coin
I have just received two Amazon reviews for my book on the Kalam Cosmological Argument (Did God Create the Universe from Nothing?: Countering William Lane Craig’s Kalam Cosmological Argument). One a 5-star
What Being a Good Person Means Is Harder To Define than You Might Think
I have talked several times before about the Netflix show, The Good Place. It's a great show that popularises philosophy and packages it for the mass market. This can only be
God's Divine Foreknowledge, His Culpability and the Problem of Evil
God’s divine foreknowledge has recently raised its interesting head over the last few comment threads and I thought it would be interesting to return to the subject again. I’ll start with
The Many Christian Responses to the Shootings
I talked about the different categories of explaining the shootings in the context of the Problem of Evil in a previous post. The Christian Post, for example, preferred to advise people on how
The Recent Shootings and God
If you read this at any point forward in American time, there will have been a recent shooting, sadly enough, so the title will be perpetually relevant. The recent mass shooting atrocities, like
The Party Switch (and PragerU)
I had not been aware of who PragerU were. It amazes me how insidious the disseminators of supposed information are, particularly in the US. For those who don't know, PragerU (Prager
Guns & More Deaths. What Now?
It's never too soon. So, it’s happened again. Not once, but twice. El Paso and Dayton with a whole host of casualties, all within 24 hours. I have written about
Why Diversity in the Conservative Cabinet Is a Bad Thing
This is an absolutely fascinating call into James O'Brien on LBC. Listen to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZfDh5zC-tg The opportunism or downright Machiavellian plans of the Johnson administration