Evidence-based spirituality
The problem isn’t believing in things we can’t see; the problem is investing ourselves into beliefs for which there is no evidence. We can’t see […]
Veganism and consequentialism (rough sketch)
What’s the difference between the co op selling ‘happy’ cheese, yogurt, milk, and meat, on the one hand; and, on the other hand, cooking and […]
Is enlightened anthropocentrism the best we can do?
How do we reconcile the idea that animals are beings in their own right, irrespective of how we perceive or conceive them to be useful […]
Self love and love for others, according to Navid Kermani
“The love of one’s own – one’s own culture, one’s own country and also one’s own person – manifests itself in self-criticism. The love of […]
Small good acts are better than doing nothing to help
To what extent is there tendency within some or all of us whereby we think there are many wrongs in the world to be fixed […]
Questions Regarding Veganism
James McWilliams ————– A friend of mine is wary of the responsible omnivore movement or pasture-raised, organic approach to producing animal products, saying “they want […]
Notes on the 2016 presidential election
As for career politicians being a bad, the issue is the corruption of big money, not being an experienced politician, right? In fact, public service […]
Notes on ecology, religion, and humanism
The comments in quotations are from a friend. My remarks are written after his. “Yes, I did criticize the ‘New Atheists’ and of course, I […]
Maximize kindness instead of trying to love unconditionally or universally
If evolution hardwired, in our species in general, with variations from individual to individual, elements of aggression and of lust for revenge and sadism, then […]