When people say, “The time has come to …”, what they’re implying is that until now it hadn’t. Come, that is. So apparently sexual violence was okay until this morning. The rote politician response to a tragedy is, “Our hearts… Read More ›
Euthyphro
THEOLOGICAL IRRELEVANTISM
Two goldfish swimming in a fish bowl. One says to the other, “Do you think it’s possible that there’s someone dropping that food for us, aerating the water, turning the light and off, and so on?” “Well,” answers the other… Read More ›
DYSPHORIA
You say you present as a man but you feel like a woman. I get the first part, because I can see that you do, but I’m not sure I understand the second. How would you know what it feels… Read More ›
A COMPLETE COURSE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION IN ELEVEN MINUTES
There are as many Islams as there are Moslems. There are as many Christianities as there are Christians. And there are twice as many Judaisms as there are Jews. This is because for any one of us it’s invariably “On… Read More ›
OH BUT THAT’S DIFFERENT
As a philosopher of mind Kant was beyond brilliant. As an ethicist he was an idiot. Kant asks us to consider two scenarios: I steal your wallet, you steal mine. If I think the one is okay, I have to… Read More ›
