Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Unequally Yoked

Home
Catholic

Morality in Practice

Select a Category 7 Quick Takes Apologetics Atheism Book Conversion Debate Tactics Debates Epistemology/Philosophy Housekeeping Ideological Turing Test Marriage Morality in Practice Parsing Catholicism Possibly Heretical Radio Reviews/Recommendations Sequence Index Spiritual Practice Uncategorized

Select a Month April 2017 March 2017 January 2017 December 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010

November 2011

November 17, 2011

Isn’t that Sweeney there beside you?

I'm in transit today. It's the weekend of the Harvard-Yale football game, and I'm headed...

November 16, 2011

Not Even if it’s the Right Thing to Do

So after kicking around the idea of sin-eating -- trying to take on the burden...

November 15, 2011

Assenting to Sin

If someone has made up their mind to do something evil, is there any benefit...

November 14, 2011

Harry Potter Spoilers and Ethical Quandaries in this Post

I'd like to expand the discussion on taking on the burden of someone else's sin...

November 10, 2011

Gonna Get on this Hobby Horse and Ride

I finally made time to get a flu shot at a local CVS and so...

November 09, 2011

September 2011

September 29, 2011

Worlds We’re Not Having Sex In

There was a lot of backlash to my Soup Nazi Approach to Sexuality post and...

September 26, 2011

Natural Death Black Boxes

I warned commenters against turning the Soup Nazi Approach to Sex post into an abortion...

September 21, 2011

Sexual Responsibility and Culpability

Looking through the comments thread for “Soup Nazi Approach to Sex” it looks like there...

September 16, 2011

Soup Nazi Approach to Sex

An anonymous commenter asked: This is a little off topic but as a pro-choicer do...

September 15, 2011

Why Bother Genemodding?

Flesh to fiber-optic interface from Battlestar Galactica Alex Knapp likes to kick around transhumanist problems...

August 2011

August 27, 2011

The Unbreakable Vow

In the aftermath of the successful assassination of Osama bin Laden, reporters uncovered a deeply...

August 25, 2011

Brokenness and Privilege

If you're not too familiar with 'privilege' or usually don't like when people use it,...

August 23, 2011

High Energy Theoretical Ethics

Joel Marks has written an essay for The New York Times Opinionator page titled "Confessions...

July 2011

July 19, 2011

Ethical Problem in the Turing Test?

While we wait for the last responses to the Ideological Turing Test to trickle in,...

July 18, 2011

What about other Others?

Voting for the Christian round of the Turing Test is ongoing! Get thee there...

July 05, 2011

Let’s Talk About Privilege

The Turing Test is ongoing (two more entries going up today, and more through the...

June 2011

June 27, 2011

False Neutrality and Anorexia Mirabilis

In the wake of New York’s legalization of gay marriage (Excelsior!) and the Pride marches...

June 19, 2011

Update on Church Vandalism Fundraising

Hermant Mehta of Friendly Atheist has ended his atheist fundraiser to help two churches that...

June 09, 2011

Trying to Love My Enemies

Just a cautionary note: trying to figure out how to love your enemies is something...

June 04, 2011

Call him Voldemort!

"Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name...

May 2011

May 31, 2011

Sam Harris, Psychopaths, and Moral Culpability

Sam Harris is blogging about morality and free will, and one of his examples puts...

May 19, 2011

Against Private Dissent

In the comments thread that spun off of the discussion of whether an atheist could...

May 17, 2011

No Victimless Sins?

When I wrote about my dilemma on how to deal with an Orthodox Jewish girl trying...

May 14, 2011

A Duty to Disclose?

I got into an argument in the comments section of Friendly Atheist's latest installment of...

May 07, 2011

Yes, I only think in children’s books…

I ended up in a lot of conversations about forgiveness and whether hatred necessarily warps...

May 02, 2011

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he...

May 01, 2011

William Lane Craig and I (briefly) Agree!

P.Z. Myers has a post up lambasting Christian apologist William Lane Craig for his defense...

April 2011

April 29, 2011

In Which I Feel Like a Heel

This Easter season, I made it to two days of the Triduum: Maundy Thursday and...

April 13, 2011

Two Fights to Pick On Homosexuality

I've heard two major types of Christian arguments against homosexuality (or, more precisely, against acting...