MAGA conservatives are attacking Jeffrey Goldberg for being in the chat now known as “Signalgate.” But some are wondering why he left the chat. Here is Stephen Prager at Current Affairs: …As Goldberg watched these deliberations unfold, he was understandably […]
ethics
Drain the swamp?
Here is Will Weissert at the Associated Press: Donald Trump took office eight years ago, pledging to “drain the swamp” and end the domination of Washington influence peddlers. Now, he’s opening his second term by rolling back prohibitions on executive branch employees accepting […]
Socialism needs Christian ethics
Dustin Guastella is director of operations for Teamsters Local 623. Check out his piece “Christianity, Morality, and Socialism” at Jacobin. We linked to this piece in Sunday night’s odds and ends. But after reading it more closely, I thought I […]
Post-Christian views on humanity: zoophilia, pet psychics, and the decline of marriage
Peter Singer’s endorsement of zoophilia is a manifestation of a post-Christian view of humanity.
Walzer: “Oppressed people can do no wrong” is an “old, bad argument”
Veteran political theorist Michael Walzer has a word or two for his fellow leftists. Here is a taste of his piece at The Atlantic: After the Hamas attack on Israel October 7, an old, bad argument resurfaced. In the streets of […]
Steven Mintz on ethics education in American universities
I am a regular reader of University of Houston historian Steven Mintz’s blog at Insider Higher Ed. In his most recent post, he responds to Ezekiel Emanuel’s New York Times op-ed on ethics education in American universities. We wrote about […]
How we talk about human life matters
What is a human life worth? And whose life is important? The news are filled with stories that reveal a callous and utilitarian worldview, one that instead of engaging with suffering and pain, judges the lives of the sufferers worth […]
Capitalism exhibits “moral idiocy”
I just learned about Christian cultural critic Rodney Clapp‘s recent book Naming Neoliberalism: Exposing the Spirit of Our Age. (I have never met Clapp, but he was the acquisition editor at Baker Books who offered me a contract for Why […]
Did Republicans revise their moral beliefs to support Trump?
Of course they did. But now there is a study. Here is Eric. W. Dolan at PsyPost: New research sheds light on how people resolve inconsistencies between their own moral views and that of their preferred candidate. The findings, published […]