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Parables as a Guide to Jesus the Philosopher, Part 9: Mammon

September 1, 2016 by Peter Hardy 5 Comments

Jesus’s critique of the imperial economic system presents an idea of how money can be used morally.

Moral Sentiments and Moral Responsibility: An Interview with David Shoemaker (Part 1)

September 25, 2015 by Alan Cook 1 Comment

An interview with philosopher Dave Shoemaker about his new book, Responsibility from the Margins, that discusses how our conceptions of moral responsibility depend on, or are even constituted by, our emotional reactions to the actions, omissions, and attitudes of others.

Parables as a Guide to Jesus the Philosopher, Part 5: Inwardness

July 14, 2015 by Peter Hardy 9 Comments

The parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector illuminates several of the virtues promoted by Jesus, and can be used as a focal point for understanding the interior aspect of his ethics proposed in the Sermon on the Mount.

Parables as a Guide to Jesus the Philosopher, Part 4: Imprudence?

June 18, 2015 by Peter Hardy 17 Comments

In contrast to Jesus’s teachings on the virtue of prudence, there are also his parables that feature strong aspects of imprudence. Whereas prudence is an intellectual virtue that involves reasoning out one’s conscience, what Jesus urges in his imagery of imprudence is that we also act from sensitivity to our emotions.

Parables as a Guide to Jesus the Philosopher, Part 3: Shocking Images

June 12, 2015 by Peter Hardy 3 Comments

According to the Parable of the Dishonest Manager, in the Gospel of Luke, the Kingdom of God is like a man who makes dishonest use of his boss’s money

Parables as a Guide to Jesus the Philosopher, Part 2: Prudence

May 27, 2015 by Peter Hardy 4 Comments

Part 1 of this series ended with my arguments that because Jesus was not a systematic philosopher, it would be helpful to elaborate his moral teachings in the framework of an ethical system, and that virtue ethics is the system best suited to this purpose, as many Christians have traditionally thought. Taking up this approach, in Parts 2 to 4 Continue Reading …

Parables as a Guide to Jesus the Philosopher, Part 1: Introduction

May 14, 2015 by Peter Hardy 13 Comments

To say that Jesus was a philosopher is not to say that he was a philosopher and nothing else; he was also a religious preacher and healer. But philosophical argument is implicit in much of his teaching, especially when he is in dialogue. Moreover, his parables, as stimuli to deeper thought, are philosophical devices also.

Inverting the Gaze: Pagan Political Philosophy

August 9, 2014 by Michael Burgess 11 Comments

Michael Burgess discusses how moral philosophies often require an ideal or transcendent view from which actions can be judged and how this manifests (or doesn’t) in contemporary individualism.

I’m declaring a moratorium on Nazi examples in moral philosophy

November 14, 2011 by Seth Paskin 17 Comments

OK, I was listening to the latest episode of Philosophy Bites, where Nigel “Daddy Warbucks” Warburton is interviewing Sean Kelly about Homer and Philosophy.  I have documented elsewhere my love and admiration of Warburton and the podcast, so this is not in any way to be construed as a criticism.  But a couple of things pushed my buttons. At the Continue Reading …

Simon Blackburn vs Sam Harris: Can Science Tell us Right from Wrong?

December 9, 2010 by Wes Alwan 65 Comments

In a debate with Patricia Churchland, Peter Singer, Sam Harris, and Lawrence Krauss, Simon Blackburn explains why Harris simply has it wrong on whether science can provide substantive guidance on morality: There is no doubt, he notes, that “science can inform our values” (and I would add that this goes trivially for many other types of knowledge). But “as to whether Continue Reading …

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