Philosophy
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Drawings of Mohammed, in Defense of Life—Batch #3
Craig Biddle May 12, 2010
Here’s another set of drawings of Mohammed, in defense of human life. [All of these images have been moved to the previously published page.]
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
More Drawings of Mohammed, in Defense of Life
Craig Biddle May 3, 2010
Here is another batch of drawings of Mohammed, in defense of human life. [All of these images have been moved to the previously published page.]
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Drawings of Mohammed, in Defense of Human Life
Craig Biddle April 28, 2010
Jihadists have called for the murder of Salman Rushdie, and have attempted to assassinate him, for his “blasphemous” depiction of Mohammed in his novel The Satanic Verses . . . Jihadists slit the throat of Theo van Gogh and stuck a knife in his chest for directing the film Submission,…
Philosophy, Science & Technology
Everybody Draw Mohammed Day
Craig Biddle April 27, 2010
In response to death threats by a Muslim group against Trey Parker and Matt Stone for portraying Mohammed dressed as a bear in a South Park cartoon—and in defense of the freedom of speech, on which civilized society depends—Dan Savage of The Stranger has pronounced May 20, 2010 “Everybody Draw…
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
How to Stand with Stone and Parker
Daniel Wahl April 24, 2010
[caption id="attachment_31275" align="alignright" width="300"] Image: Ensceptico[/caption] Following thinly-veiled death threats by a Muslim group against Trey Parker and Matt Stone (the creators of South Park) for portraying Mohammed dressed as a bear in a cartoon, Anderson Cooper interviewed the author of Infidel, Ayaan Hirsi Ali. I grew up as a…
Philosophy, Science & Technology
Evolutionary Theory and the Global Warming Hypothesis: A World (of Evidence) Apart
Wendell Hoenir March 18, 2010
A recent story in the New York Times draws attention to recent legislative attempts by creationists to force public schools to “teach the controversy” between evolution and creationism, and between the man-made global warming hypothesis and criticisms of it. Two recent developments have pushed the creationists to draw parallels between…
Philosophy, Reviews
Review: Infidel, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Heike Larson February 20, 2010
Heike Larson reviews Infidel, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
Good Living, Philosophy
Making Life Meaningful: Living Purposefully
Craig Biddle February 20, 2010
Identifies and concretizes the principles by means of which one can fill one’s life with meaning and joy.
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Altruism vs. America
TOS Admin February 11, 2010
[The following is an excerpt of from Craig Biddle’s article “The Creed of Sacrifice vs. The Land of Liberty.” Citations have been omitted here but are available in the article, which is accessible for free.] The correlation between the morality of sacrifice and the violation of rights is no accident.…
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy
Virtue and the Realization of Human Life: Response to Roderick Long on Ayn Rand
Wendell Hoenir February 3, 2010
In my last post, I responded to Will Wilkinson's allegation that Ayn Rand's ethical egoism cannot support the principle of individual rights, because the egoist has no self-interested reason to refrain from using force against others. Wilkinson contended that bureaucrats who feast at the public trough seem to fulfill their…