Is Rape Always Wrong?
It is common to hear questions like this from Christian apologists in an effort to prove the existence of objective morality. C.S. Lewis and William Lane Craig both made versions…
A Hypothetical Dialogue
An elderly Italian man hugs a Chinese national in solidarity against racism. He contracted Coronavirus and becomes seriously ill. Examination all but certainly determines that his condition is mortal. In…
Spare Thoughts on “Joker:” Identity, Sanity, and Evil
[Spoilers] My first reaction to Joker was to its qualities as a story -- specifically as a Greek tragedy. This, I think, is the primary and best face of the…
Druid wolf pack chasing bull elk;
Doug Smith;
December 2007
On Dog-Loving Misanthropes
There is a particular personality type that I have come to really dislike: that of the dog-loving misanthrope. This kind of person believes that dogs are superior to humans, at…
The Dis-Ontological Argument Against Christianity
I've made two videos now attempting to lay out this argument. While the audio quality of the first one is not ideal, I think it is the better video in…
Speech: Thought or Action?
In his excellent book Skin in the Game, Nassim Taleb makes the point that Sargon has been making online for a few years: morality is about what you do not what…
The Greatest Rant of All Time: ‘Fuck Evil!’
I've been following Stefan Molyneux for about five or six years now. While the man does his share of formal philosophy, arguing for his theory of Universally Preferable Behavior and…
Render Unto Caesar
Ezra Pound and Propertarianism have gotten me thinking a lot about debt recently (even to the point of poetry). The Christian personal-finance guru Dave Ramsey calls debt "slavery," and he…
The False Security of Moderation
I was just ran out of an establishment because of where I work. Chewed out, abused. But I guess that’s the norm now. -- Kat Timpf In the aftermath of…
An Answer For the Bear
Owen Benjamin asks about whether it is okay to listen to songs written by evil people: I want to know -- and feel free to tell me your exact opinion,…