The NZ Herald on Cactus Kate and Priorities in Journalism Ethics
on Nov 16, 2009 in Bloggers Commentators Ethical Theory Media Cactus Kate Journalism Ethics New Zealand Herald There is an interesting story unfolding in the blogosphere. Cactus Kate published extracts of APN News and Media’s guidelines for publication on her blog in, APN Chicken Out, and inserted her own commentary and spin on them based on email corre...

Richard Dawkins on Thinking Matters
on Nov 12, 2009 in Atheists Bloggers Richard Dawkins Thinking Matters According to Richard Dawkins, New Zealand apologetics blog, Thinking Matters Talk, “makes for some interesting browsing.” The recommendation of Rob Ward’s blog post, Sarfati reviews Dawkins’ ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’, has s...

Guest Post: The Common Good – An Emergent Phenomenon
on Nov 11, 2009 in Bloggers Guest Posts Public Policy Common Good Guest Post Nyokodo This guest post comes from Nyokodo of And All These Things…. Catholic social teaching stresses that civil government should seek the common good. This post contains some critical commentary as to how to understand and apply the common good. Th...

Philosophy Carnival XCIX
on Nov 10, 2009 in Blog Carnivals Philosophy Carnival The Philosophy Carnival XCIX is now online. Matt’s and my post Audi and the Infallibility of Religious Reasons is featured. There are a number of other interesting reads also linked to so head on over and check them out.

“My Ways are Not Your Ways” Notre Dame Conference
on Nov 9, 2009 in Faith and Reason God and Morality Hermeneutics Philosophers Notre Dame Philosophy of Religion Theology In September this year, the centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame hosted a conference entitled “My Ways Are Not Your Ways”; the proceedings of the conference can be seen at the previous link and is a good resource. The...

Happy Birthday Matt
on Nov 9, 2009 in Uncategorized It is Matt’s birthday today. As he is in Tauranga (so we cannot celebrate his birthday with him until he gets home late tonight) our youngest two children, Brittany and Noah, made this present for him to enjoy in the meantime.

Audi and the Infallibility of Religious Reasons
on Nov 6, 2009 in God and Morality Philosophers Religion and Public Life Ethics Philosophy of Religion Robert Audi In “Liberal Democracy and the Place of Religion in Politics”,[1] Robert Audi defends the liberal thesis that religious reasons should not be utilised in debate on issues of public policy. Instead he contends that “one should not advocate or sup...

Wellington Bloggers Drinks
on Nov 5, 2009 in Bloggers Events Bloggers Drinks [ 27 November 2009; 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] As previously mentioned, we are heading to Wellington soon. We figured, since we'll be there, we should do a Wellington bloggers drinks: What: Wellington Bloggers Drinks When: Friday 27 November from 7:00p...

Christian Blog Ranking Report for October 09 – HalfDone
on Nov 4, 2009 in NZ Christian Blog Rankings Here are the top 10 NZ Christian blogs based on HalfDone’s NZ blog stats for October; these stats will make up part of the calculations for the MandM top 10 NZ Christian Blog rankings for October 09: MandM 3 NZ Conservative 4 Say Hello to my...

Top 10 NZ Christian Blogs – September 09
on Nov 4, 2009 in NZ Christian Blog Rankings Top 10 NZ Christian Blogs The Top 10 New Zealand Christian Blogs for September 09 are as follows: [1.] MandM 12 (3 – 21) [2.] NZ Conservative 16.5 (9 – 24 ) [3.] MacDoctor Moments 17 (16 – 18) [4.] Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later (HalfDone) 20.5 (...