This thought has reoccurred to me a number of times. It is kind of simple and definitely in need of refinement. It is essentially related to the problem of evil. When you ask nonbelievers why they don't believe in God, especially those who once did, you frequently get an interesting response. "If there is a
Today in my History of Psychology class we were discussing (or perhaps being discussed to) Neitzsche. I'm fascinated by his view of the consequences of atheism on ethics. So far as I can tell from Beyond Good and Evil Neitzsche* believed that when ethics meets relativism right is decided by the most powerful. So
This is interesting. According to an article on discovery.com we are hard-wired to react to unfair situations. Disgust over an unfair or immoral social situation is hard-wired into the human body as strongly as the reaction to a foul taste, according to research published today in the journal Science. The idea that this study is