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Ethics and Morality
Beyond Free Speech: Blasphemy and Equality

Austin Dacey Ph.D. on October 17, 2012

The speech of religious skeptics should be placed on a continuum of manifestations of conscience, attempts to grapple with ultimate questions of meaning, value, and morality.

The speech of religious skeptics should be placed on a continuum of manifestations of conscience, attempts to grapple with ultimate questions of meaning, value, and morality.

Forgiveness
Cognitive Bias and the Blame for Benghazi

Austin Dacey Ph.D. on October 8, 2012

When do we blame the producers of blasphemous material that sparks violence given that the Internet is littered with loads of comparable material that, as it happens, does not? The answer may have less to do with merit and more to do with the limits of our intuitive thinking.

When do we blame the producers of blasphemous material that sparks violence given that the Internet is littered with loads of comparable material that, as it happens, does not? The answer may have less to do with merit and more to do with the limits of our intuitive thinking.

Ethics and Morality
Putting God out of the ethics business

Austin Dacey Ph.D. on November 2, 2009

Sometimes it is said that human life is valuable because we are made in the image of God. It is not that we find life to have worth because we believe we are made in the image of God, but rather that we believe we are made in the image of God because we find life to have worth.

Sometimes it is said that human life is valuable because we are made in the image of God. It is not that we find life to have worth because we believe we are made in the image of God, but rather that we believe we are made in the image of God because we find life to have worth.