The first of the four posts in this series argued that if we seek a philosophy that encourages us to love this…
Immortal mortal
classical philosophy
Crosswise logic
My previous post sought to humble the principle of non-contradiction, and thus the logic of consistency it defines, finding it inadequate for…
Truth in conflict
My previous post argued that anyone who wishes both to think well and to feel well about the world should…
Love and reason
Anyone who has entered the labyrinth of A Secular Age should welcome this volume as a guide. Its contributors unwind…
Obama’s living virtues
Obama's list of virtues comes in pairs, and the pairings are mutually illuminating. I will, though, examine them not in…
“Out of many, one”
That devotion to the theme "E Pluribus Unum," "out of many, one," is among the things that are old in…
Justice and theism
The central claim of Nicholas Wolsterstorff's Justice: Rights and Wrongs is that justice is based on natural human rights that inhere…