Aaron Sims’ Archtype
A sci-fi short:
Government Isn’t God
Notice Steele’s failure to understand the difference between voluntary action and free will. There are two different paradigms being confused here. Free will is the ability to do the moral good, according to the Catholic definition. Doing the right thing frees you in ways that doing the wrong thing never could, no matter how easy…
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Consequentialism Reigns
Ends do not justify means. You cannot do evil to create good. The power of evil cannot be wielded to defeat evil. Each of these statements summarize why consequentialism is not an acceptable methodology to deciding on a moral course of action. SNV exists because utilitarianism is so pervasive. There is nowhere that consequentialism is…
DetailsIt Doesn’t Stop
Thanks, Republicans.
Lent & Seven Truths
From ToTheSource, a bit late for Ash Wednesday, but pertinent nonetheless…: The first truth. You live in a culture that celebrates perpetual youth, a culture that feverishly tries to wring immortality from mortality. You will hear, when the ashes are smeared, “Remember, O man, that you are dust, and unto dust you shall return.” Death…
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If no one can appeal to justice except to government, justice will be perverted in favor of the government, constitutions and supreme courts notwithstanding. Constitutions and supreme courts are state constitutions and agencies, and whatever limitations to state action they might contain or find is invariably decided by agents of the very institution under consideration.…
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Toadies – Possum Kingdom
In Pursuit of Virtue – February Edition, Vol. II
Let’s see what this new blog will look like for one of these babies… Tell me: if you saw a campaign lobby called “Whites for Gingrich” or “Caucasians for Santorum,” what would you think about that? It’s okay if you fit a certain vision, it seems… Cracked is right: human nature means we are in…
DetailsVirtus Anew!
Welcome to the new site! It looks very different, and will be changing even more in the coming days and weeks. I will still have all of the old content, though, so feel free to look around. These changes are all thanks to a friend I have had for a very long time. She is…
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It’s Science!
Scientific Literacy Test! I missed three. See if you can do better.