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		<title>Atheistic Moral Realism &#8211; Part 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 04:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Bowen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not impressed by Richard Taylor&#8217;s appeal to etymology as an argument for the claim that all duties and all obligations are &#8216;owed&#8217; to some person or persons (see part 7 for my objections to that line of reasoning). However, to be fair to Craig, Taylor&#8217;s appeal to etymology is not specifically and explicitly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Correction to chpt 2 of Believing Bullshit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Law</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an endnote I am adding to a chapter I am contributing to the upcoming Handbook on Humanism (edited by AC Grayling and Andrew Copson [Wiley Blackwell publisher]). I now realize I got something wrong in chapter 2 of my book Believing Bullshit, so might as well set the record straight publicly. Here&#8217;s the endnote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atheistic Moral Realism &#8211; Part 7</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/secularoutpost/2013/05/15/atheistic-moral-realism-part-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 23:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Bowen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard Taylor&#8217;s book Virtue Ethics: An Introduction (formerly published as Ethics, Faith, and Reason) provides a very readable and interesting defense of the view that the modern conception of morality originates with religion, especially with Christianity. William Craig quotes from Chapter 11 of this book as his primary support for his second objection to AMR. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Draft chapter on Humanism, Science and Skepticism for comments&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Law</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;   Humanism: Science, Reason and Skepticism[1]   What are science and reason?   Humanists expound the virtues of science and reason. But what are science and reason? And we should we think it wise to rely on them?   By science, I shall mean that approach to finding out about reality based on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baudrillard and pseudoprofundity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Law</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a quote from Baudrillard that Prof Paul Taylor chose for the Radio 3 programme we recorded to be broadcast tonite at 10pm (I am talking about pseudo-profundity and bullshit and pointing a finger at some post-modern thinkers &#8211; listen here for a week [I am on from about 14mins30]): For ethnology to live, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Alpha course vs. Philosophy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Law</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/secularoutpost/?p=3117</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Extract from my OUP book Humanism: A Very Short Introduction, which references the Alpha Course (it&#8217;s from chpt 7)   Religion vs. shallow, selfish individualism &#160; Let’s now turn to religious practice. Setting aside the issue of whether God exists, perhaps it might still be argued that religious reflection or observance is required if our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atheistic Moral Realism &#8211; Part 6</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/secularoutpost/2013/05/13/atheistic-moral-realism-part-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 04:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Bowen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some internet resources about  William Craig&#8217;s views on morality and Richard Taylor&#8217;s views on morality: Is The Basis Of Morality Natural Or Supernatural? A Debate Between Richard Taylor and William Lane Craig Union College, Schenectady, New York October 8, 1993 http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/docs/craig-taylor0.html The Indispensability of Theological Meta-Ethical Foundations for Morality By Dr. William Lane Craig http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/docs/meta-eth.html [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Books I&#8217;d Like to Read Someday</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/secularoutpost/2013/05/13/books-id-like-to-read-someday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 02:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffery Jay Lowder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mystery of Existence: Why Is There Anything At All? – John Leslie &#38; Robert Lawrence Kuhn, eds. (Wiley-Blackwell, April 2013) This compelling study of the origins of all that exists, including explanations of the entire material world, traces the responses of philosophers and scientists to the most elemental and haunting question of all: why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atheistic Moral Realism &#8211; Part 5</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/secularoutpost/2013/05/11/atheistic-moral-realism-part-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 17:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Bowen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am currently considering William Craig&#8217;s second objection to Atheistic Moral Realism (AMR): Second, the nature of moral duty or obligation seems incompatible with atheistic moral realism. (WIAC, p.76) The following is a third piece of the paragraph where Craig presents this objection: Who or what lays such an obligation on me?  As the ethicist Richard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atheistic Moral Realism &#8211; Part 4</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/secularoutpost/2013/05/08/atheistic-moral-realism-part-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 16:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Bowen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here, once again, is William Craig&#8217;s MOVE (Moral Objective Values Exist) Argument: 1. If God does not exist, objective moral values do not exist. 2. Objective moral values do exist. Therefore: 3. God exists. I am considering one possible objection, namely rejection of, or doubt about, premise (1). Atheists who are inclined towards moral realism [...]]]></description>
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