Blogs Posts on "Dualism"

Darwinism:What does it mean for “responsibility” and “altruism”? (Part 4) by xenophon-19 on Aug 1, 2009Looking now at altruism we will assume that we can have free will, and will be asking the next question, which is – can our choices be moral? The two conditionals I will look at are: if we are only the result of natural selection, altruism is an il...

NEWS: The Significance of Fleshly Encounters by Religion Compass Exchanges on Jul 15, 2009In Touch and American Religions, historian Candy Gunther Brown explores the importance of human touch in practice, whether defined by traditional religion or alternative therapeutic movements. She points to the rather lengthy history of the Western...

Darwinism? What does it mean for “responsibility” and “altruism”? by xenophon-19 on Jul 11, 2009Before understanding what the implications of Darwinism are for the ideas of responsibility and altruism, I will consider what our ideas about both these terms actually mean. Very briefly, responsibility is the capacity for free will, that we are ind...

Archie: Brightly Colored Dualities by The Skwib on May 28, 2009So Archie has chosen. And by choosing, he’s taking us down a dark path. Not since Rene Descartes polished off a sixth bottle of wine and slurred the famous maxim, “I drink therefore I am”, has there been a more culturally critical...

Vice President’s Commentary On Bob Enyart’s Interview Of Joel by Metro State Atheists on Jan 8, 2009By Chalmer Wren, VP of Metro State Atheists Yesterday at 3:00pm Metro State Atheists’ President and co-founder, Joel Guttormson, was interviewed by Bob Enyart on AM 670 KLTT.  While I was not interviewed, I did have a great deal to say regardi.