David Brooks at the New York Times posted an op-ed article entitled “The End of Philosophy”. Unfortunately, he comes off sounding like an idiot. His thesis, if it even exists, is confusing at best, and I have no idea what it has to do with “the end of philosophy” (cue the scary music). His thesis [...]
An oft-heard theme is that religion is necessary so that we can have morality. I’ve even had people say to me, “Since you are an atheist, what keeps you from murdering people since it doesn’t matter anyway?” That line of thought actually implies two things: Morality comes from religion Morality comes only from religion I’m [...]
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