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Archive for the 'Morals' Category

In Honor Of Martin Luther King Day…

Posted: Monday, January 15th, 2007 @ 9:07 am in Community, Ethics, History, Morals | 7 Comments »

I am reposting a related article I first wrote here, that later appeared on www.clubmom.com.

America In Decline?
During a recent airing, talk show host Dennis Prager spoke to a man who apologized to his son for “giving a worse America to you than my father gave to me.”
A worse America? This wasn’t a new concept [...]

Developing Empathy in Children for a Moral and Ethical Foundation

Posted: Wednesday, December 13th, 2006 @ 5:41 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Children, Ethics, Morals, Parenting | 4 Comments »

My article is up on the Humanist Network News! Click here to read it.
In fact, the article may relate in some way to a comment/question that Angel posted last week. Angel: If you are still here, the article I linked to may interest you. I do plan to address your specific [...]

Evolutionary Psychology and Materialism As A World View

Posted: Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006 @ 12:12 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Belief, Ethics, Evolution, Humanism, Morals | 29 Comments »

I am FINALLY getting around to a subject that a reader, Dan, requested we discuss. In a comment Dan said:
I’ve had some time to read some of the earlier posts. I’m interested in the idea that “nature is all there is”. [I’m thinking, nature = the physical world] If I understand post #8 correctly, [...]

The End, As We Know It

Posted: Wednesday, June 14th, 2006 @ 4:18 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Ethics, Evolution, Humanism, Morals, Mortality, News | 45 Comments »

This week’s installment of the Humanist Network News is out today and includes my article, The End As We Know It.
I quoted two AgnosticMom readers who contributed to the discussion about death in the comments section. Since it would have broken the flow of the article to name them, I wanted to [...]

IS Arbitrary? SEEMS Arbitrary? Or Just ISN’T Arbitrary At All?

Posted: Wednesday, June 14th, 2006 @ 6:44 am in Agnostic, Atheist, Ethics, Humanism, Morals, Parenting, Secular, Social | 17 Comments »

Perhaps “arbitrary” was the wrong word to use when I wrote last month’s article for the Humanist Network News.
Ben is right. Religious leaders did (do) not just throw a dart on the wall to randomly pick rules of conduct. But many of the rules sure seem arbitrary, especially when you see headlines like [...]

Breaking It Down

Posted: Friday, May 19th, 2006 @ 4:35 pm in Ethics, Morals, Secular, Social | 43 Comments »

Have you been following the on-going discussion in my earlier post, A System For Morality? It’s good to know we have some very educated and thoughtful readers here.
We’ve gone into some more complicated specifics and I feel I the need to break my system down into its smallest parts. Please excuse [...]

A System For Morality

Posted: Thursday, May 11th, 2006 @ 4:27 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Ethics, Humanism, Morals, Parenting, Secular | 45 Comments »

I realized I needed to get this post up when I saw that Gregg 100 is already commenting on it. Hifi has also responded back to him, but they’re having to do it in the previous blog entry.
If you are not subscribed to the Humanist News Network, this week’s installment hit our [...]

A Report On The State Of My Religion-Deprived Children

Posted: Monday, May 8th, 2006 @ 9:50 am in Agnostic, Children, Education, Family, Morals, Parenting, Secular | 9 Comments »

They are only eight, six, and three years old. There remains much to be seen. But it helps to take a periodic look at how moral or immoral, how healthy or unhealthy, how successful or unsuccessful my children are to date, now 4 years without religion in the home.
Aiden has added two undesirable [...]

Public Relations Makeover, Part 2

Posted: Thursday, April 27th, 2006 @ 10:52 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Community, Ethics, Humanism, Morals, Religion, Secular, Social | 29 Comments »

Why do they hate us? Why? WHY?!
I thought I’d start off with a bit of drama. Just to get your attention.
We can find a legitimate answer by taking the emotion out of it and giving it a good analysis. Do they hate us, or do they FEAR us? [...]

The Last Of My Random Responses To Your Comments

Posted: Monday, January 23rd, 2006 @ 9:48 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Belief, Blog, Charity, Humanism, Morals, Religion, Secular, Social | 6 Comments »

ED and Ron! Wow, was that a load of ideas you gave us! Ed Darrell made a huge list of his heroes. Ron left some links that he said has some great tips. I’m excited to go check them out. It’s time I get organized. I’m going to print [...]