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Moral strawmannery

If you have ever searched the internet for a section of text from Darwin’s writings you will have noticed that most of the links that come up are to creationist websites and blogs. What we are seeing is simple dishonest … Continue reading →

November 21, 2011 / No Comment / Read More

Outsourcing moral decisions to justify genocide

November 14, 2011 1 Comment

I found someone who was blatantly justifying the slaughter of thousands of people. Genocide! And he justified it because he thought those people had been sinful!

Is Keith Ward really that naive about science?

November 14, 2011 2 Comments

I am really amazed by some of the rubbish theologians and philosophers of religion think they can get away with when talking about science.

Rational morality

November 3, 2011 1 Comment

Here’s a great video on secular morality. It’s not short (31 mins) but its well worth watching right through – or downloading and watching later. Even watching several times, the speaker is so eloquent and precise with his language.

You CAN be good with God!

October 18, 2011 No Comment

OK – we have become used to the slogan “You can be good without God.” Versions of it have popped up all around the world over the last few years. Even in little old New Zealand. It’s really only stating … Continue reading →

Approaching morality scientifically

October 12, 2011 No Comment

In his recent criticism of Jerry Coyne’s* USA Today article As atheists know, you can be good without God, local theologian Matt Flannagan repeats his rather tiresome warning that scientists should not try to understand morality – “leave that to us … Continue reading →

Ethicists have problems with ethics!

October 10, 2011 No Comment

I picked up this article recently – The Self-Reported Moral Behavior of Ethics Professors. So I couldn’t help laughing when I came across this other one – When Scientists Make Bad Ethicists. A title like “When Scientists Make Bad Scientists” … Continue reading →

Evolutionary cooperation

September 29, 2011 No Comment

Here’s a lecture on evolutionary cooperation by PZ Myers. Ok, it’s pretty long, but it’s worth downloading and watching (or even listening as the video doesn’t catch most of the slides). Click on World Humanist Congress 2011 08/13/11 07:32AM. Cooperation … Continue reading →

New Government statistics illustrate ‘madness’ of privileged place in policy for religion

September 28, 2011 No Comment

Religious people are not more likely to participate in society than non-religious people and Christians are less likely than others to mix with people from different backgrounds and beliefs, new Government figures have suggested.

‪Videos on morality

August 1, 2011 4 Comments

I often discuss a scientific approach to morality‪ because I find this an interesting and developing field. However, morality is still sometimes linked in the public mind with religion, so it’s worth actually considering those religious arguments.