-
Recent Posts
-
Join 39 other subscribers
Tag Archives: Ethics
Teaching sexual ethics to my kids
At the end of this past school year, one of my eight year-old twin sons came home with a ‘memory book’ where he’d written down his responses to a variety of questions. Favorite movie?……The Avengers Favorite sport? ……..Hockey Favorite hobby?……..Legos … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, Religion and Morality
Tagged Ethics, Morality, parenting, Religion, sexual ethics, teaching kids about sex
6 Comments
My Blogging Paradox
If there’s one thing I’ve learned after a year and a half of blogging, it’s that frequency is golden. Those months when I can crank out at least one post a week, my blog traffic soars. In those unfortunate periods … Continue reading
Can you teach Christian ethics without Christ?
It’s already started. My daughter, who is only one month into 4th grade, has already encountered the kind of ‘mean girl’ dynamics that I so painfully associate with the Middle School experience. A few nights ago we had a long talk … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting
Tagged Bible, Christianity, Ethics, Faith, Jesus, Morality, parenting, Religion
3 Comments
Civil Discourse or Righteous Rage?
I’m going to do something a little different in this post. Those of you who’ve been reading my blog for awhile may have noticed that I usually have a pretty strong opinion on whatever issue I have chosen to discuss. However, … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Morality
Tagged Bible, Ethics, Faith, God, Jesus, Karen Armstrong, Morality, Tolerance
6 Comments
Feeling uncomfortably numb about Libya?
Raise your hand if you have mixed feelings about US involvement in Libya. If you do – you are not alone. According to a Pew Research Center poll released Monday, roughly half of Americans think that air strikes in Libya were ‘the right decision’ but that the Libyan … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Morality
Tagged Boehner, compassion, Ethics, Faith, genocide, Libya, Morality, Obama, Religion, Slovic
Leave a comment
And about Ricky Gervais…
As I mentioned in a recent post, I have a number of good friends who are either atheist or agnostic. Over the past few months a few of them have sent me the link to Ricky Gervais’ Holiday Message. I … Continue reading
Lost in the Moral Landscape
I recently finished reading Sam Harris’ latest book The Moral Landscape. Harris is one of the renowned ‘new atheist’ authors, as a result of his books The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation. I was interested to see … Continue reading
Posted in Responding to Atheist Authors
Tagged Atheist, Ethics, Morality, Neuroscience, Religion
3 Comments
On “Good People” doing Bad Things
This post is a continuation of the series “An Anal MBA responds to the atheist authors“, and after covering evolution, quantum physics and Whac-a-mole, the time seemed right to move on to a new topic: the relationship between religion and morality. … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Morality, Responding to Atheist Authors
Tagged Ethics, Faith, Morality, Religion
4 Comments
Seeing Faith 