Jonathan MS Pearce

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Jan 31, 2017

Heaven Is Not a Moral Justification

I hear this a lot. Too much. Whether it concern babies dying early, or any other type of suffering, pain, evil or natural evil, heaven is used as a moral justification. This is

Jan 29, 2017

One More Time, God Loves Abortion!

[Since this has come up on some other threads, I thought I would repost a previous piece I have written.] God Loves Abortion! Or it is necessary for foetuses to die for a

Jan 29, 2017

Introducing Gilbert Fulmer, Ph.D.

Adding to the likes of Jeremiah Traeger, whom I introduced the other day, I would like to welcome aboard a recently retired philosophy professor who has an interest in the sorts of things

Jan 27, 2017

Carlin on Abortion

This is a fabulous quote (H/T Andy Schueler): Why, why, why, why is it that most of the people who are against abortion are people you wouldn't want to fuck

Jan 27, 2017

Survival of the Fittest

Just a monthly reminder that I have my new fiction book out, a book that combines the horror and philosophy genres. It investigates, by weaving the ideas through the narrative, those big questions.

Jan 26, 2017

Abortion and "Innocent" "Human life"

You hear this often, indeed on a recent thread, that abortion is the murder or death of innocent human life. However, I *am* aware of laws against destroying innocent human life. This prompts

Jan 25, 2017

Trump, Men and Abortion

As many know, especially if they frequent Twitter, Trump  signed a ban on federal money going to international groups that perform or provide information on abortions. What was particularly stark about this was