HeyJaredJohn C Wright
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction.
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Inclination, Self Interest, Consent (opens the original)
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All arguments attempting to ground ethics in nature or human nature are perfectly unreasonable, because such arguments presume an answer to the question in dispute.The question is whether natural duties can exist without a supernatural sovereign authority defining and enforcing that duty.Natural duties include those things we ought to do, regardless of current inclination, self-interest, or consent. Natural duties are sometimes called involuntary duties.Covenantal duties include those things we
A Newtonian Atheist (opens the original)
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When I was an atheist, my position was what I will call Newtonian, by which I mean "“I have not been able to discover the cause of those properties, and therefore I frame no hypothesis."Only long after did I see the illogic in this stance. Allow me to explain.As a matter of pure logic, the fact that my human mind was capable of comprehending and following the laws of logic, that is, of perceiving facts and drawing conclusions and acting on them, forced me to conclude1. that objective reality exi
Dwindling Rational Atheists (opens the original)
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Friendly atheists, by which I mean men who for rational and unemotional reasons, arguing in good faith, do not believe in god, are few, and in the modern age, growing fewer.This is because an atheist who begins as rational and decent suffers strong incentives not to continue as rational and decent. It is not a stable stance.In times past, it may have been possible to find secular reasons to support certain political or moral conclusion, including, most significantly, the conclusion that one ough
Creation and Corruption (opens the original)
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Let a pause to remember the recent debacles when beloved franchises were mocked and abused. The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power,Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,Terminator: Dark Fate, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, 007: No Time to Die,Men in Black: International, Charlie’s Angels (2019) Captain MarvelWandavisionLet us also girl-type Doctor Who,
Signal Boost: Tenth Anniversary SOULDANCER Special Edition (opens the original)
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