Starting today, I am teaching a seminar on philosophy to a group of ten 7th graders and 8th graders at my son’s charter school. We will meet 45 minutes a day for […]
Middle School Philosophy, Day One
A forgotten response to the problem of evil
Edgar Brightman 1919-1953 John Dewey asks the question; “Is the universe friendly to man?” There any number of ways of approaching the question. We could begin by asking whether our moral strivings, […]
Dennis Potter Responds to Dan Peterson on Religion and Morality
Utah Valley University philosopher Dennis Potter responded on his blog to a Deseret News column by Dan Peterson about morality and belief in God. …Peterson is arguing for the conclusion that atheists cannot […]
Homegrown Liberal Protestant
The picture is from Christmas 1977. I’m in the back row, second from the left under the candles. It’s a program of a Lutheran congregation in Billings MT, a predecessor to the […]
Women and Moral Development
Carol Gilligan is a educational psychologist and moral theorist who has had a great impact on the field of moral psychology. In particular, she has challenged the male-centric idea that abstraction and […]
Chris’ Video Theory Journal: Moral Relativism
In the above video, I address morality and moral relativism. In particular, I argue against embracing moral relativism merely because of how some utilize the concept. In doing so, I draw upon […]
God and Aspergers
I’m being more autobiographical than I usually am when writing a piece like this. My interest in Aspergers and Autism developed in seminary when a young boy in the congregation, I was […]
Do Entrepreneurs Have a Responsibility to Society? (Daily Video)
In the following one minute video, Dutch economist and philosopher Ingrid Robeyns shares some brief thoughts on the intersection of entrepreneurship and society. Noting that entrepreneurs are important to society, Robeyns has […]
Leaving Religion: Holocaust, Faith, and Liberalism
While it is often said that there are “no atheists in foxholes,” the experience of war can be a destroyer of faith. Rawls wrote that he was raised in a “conventionally religious” […]
Daily Video: Religion, Liberalism, and Public Reason
This video podcast deals with the topic of my dissertation. Enjoy: Untitled from Philosophy TV on Vimeo. Now, I bet you cannot wait to read it. Okay, maybe not.
I am Thankful for…Monty Python’s Philosopher Football
With the announcement of a Monty Python reunion, I thought I would share my favorite sketch from Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Here is some Philosopher Football: Of course, in philosophy…the Germans win […]
Emanuel Swedenborg and Life After Death
Emanuel Swedenborg is an 18th century scientist, thinker, and theologian. His name is one that I have heard of, but I have only recently read from his works. In Our Life After […]
