Blogs Posts on "Political Philosophy"
On the Question of Torture by Homeward Bound on Nov 16, 2009Would you torture a man to save him?Little Jashon was missing after his mother's body was discovered. The suspect in his mother's murder is a multiple felon who has killed a child before.At 17-months-old, even if unharmed, this little boy wouldn't su...
The Cause of Abortion by Homeward Bound on Oct 27, 2009I frequently hear "pro-life" Democrats/liberals say they think the solution to abortion is to deal with the causes of abortion.They'll tell you abortion is caused by things like poverty, poor birth control education, and social stigmas against unwed...
Further Schizophrenia on Abortion by Homeward Bound on Oct 23, 2009"Scores of healthy foetuses die every year because most hospitals do not give pregnant women what the NHS says is the best test for Down's syndrome.Dr Anne Mackie, the head of NHS screening programmes, estimated 146 babies a year in England who do no...
Michael Sandel on Justice - Philosophy Gets Its Virtual Socrates by Virtual Philosopher on Oct 3, 2009Michael Sandel's Justice website is a superb example of how academics can use the Internet to reach out to a world audience. Based on his renowned Harvard lecture course, it combines slick recordings of his 12 lectures (first 3 available...
The 2009 Forum on the Family: A Review by MandM on Sep 20, 2009On Friday Madeleine and I attended the Forum on the Family and the following is our long awaited (and long) review of it. The Forum kicked off with an impassioned talk from Bev Adair. Bev gave a harrowing account of her own story of childhood physica...
A Review of Last Night’s Boscawen, McCoskrie, Evans, Baldock Meeting UPDATED by MandM on Sep 7, 2009Last night’s meeting with John Boscawen, Bob McCoskrie, Jim Evans and Larry Baldock on amending s59 of the Crimes Act to decriminalise the use of reasonable force for the purposes of parental correction was encouraging. The main themes I came a...
A Review of Last Night’s Boscawen, McCoskrie, Evans, Baldock Meeting UPDATED by MandM on Sep 7, 2009Last night’s meeting with John Boscawen, Bob McCoskrie, Jim Evans and Larry Baldock on amending s59 of the Crimes Act to decriminalise the use of reasonable force for the purposes of parental correction was encouraging. The main themes I came a...
A Review of Last Night’s Boscawen, McCoskrie, Evans, Baldock Meeting by MandM on Sep 7, 2009Last night’s meeting with John Boscawen, Bob McCoskrie, Jim Evans and Larry Baldock on amending s59 of the Crimes Act to decriminalise the use of reasonable force for the purposes of parental correction was encouraging. The main themes I came a...
A Review of Last Night’s Boscawen, McCoskrie, Evans, Baldock Meeting UPDATED by MandM on Sep 7, 2009Last night’s meeting with John Boscawen, Bob McCoskrie, Jim Evans and Larry Baldock on amending s59 of the Crimes Act to decriminalise the use of reasonable force for the purposes of parental correction was encouraging. The main themes I came a...
Christians and Healthcare Reform, redux by Homeward Bound on Aug 11, 2009With all of the emotion that accompanies the health care reform debate, it was only a matter of time until people starting stepping over the line. Still, I’m sad to see statements like, “How can you be a Christian and not support health care refo...
