This is the paper I presented to the Bioethics section of the Evangelical Theological Society, annual meeting. In November last year. Abstract:Op ponents of abortion often agonise over two difficult cases. (a) Cases where the pregnancy originates in rape and (b) cases the pregnancy or threatens the life of the mother. This paper will explore […]
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Abortion Hard Cases and Self Defence: Presentation
January 14th, 2021 Comments Off on Abortion Hard Cases and Self Defence: Presentation
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The question “Why Be Moral?” and the book of Proverbs.
January 12th, 2021 1 Comment
I gave a brief talk at Orewa Community Church on 10 January 2020. The talk was part of a short series OCC are doing on the book of proverbs. It is available here.
The Psychopath Objection to Divine Command Theory: Presentation
December 15th, 2020 Comments Off on The Psychopath Objection to Divine Command Theory: Presentation
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Last year, I presented a talk entitled “The Psychopath Objection to Divine Command Theory: Another Reply to Erik Wielenberg” to the New Zealand Association of Philosophers conference in Auckland. This was a follow up to interaction I have had with the work of Erik Wielenberg. In 2017 I wrote a critical response to Wielenberg’s book Robust […]
Tags: Divine Command Theory · Erik Wielenberg · Psychopath Objection · Wes Morriston · William Lane Craig
FETICIDE IN CHRISTIAN MORAL THOUGHT Part two : Feticide in Patristic Thought
February 16th, 2019 Comments Off on FETICIDE IN CHRISTIAN MORAL THOUGHT Part two : Feticide in Patristic Thought
I teach NCEA Religious Studies, at level three, one standard is to “Analyse the response of a religious tradition to a contemporary ethical issue”. Officially students have to describe the response a religious tradition has made to a moral issue. Our school like a lot of schools looks at Christian responses to abortion. Because I […]
Tags: Abortion · Christian History · NCEA · Tertullian
Reflections on Annihilationism, Traditionalism and the Problem of Hell
July 28th, 2018 Comments Off on Reflections on Annihilationism, Traditionalism and the Problem of Hell
Last year I gave a paper entitled “Reflections on Annihilationism, Traditionalism and the Problem of Hell’ at the Rethinking Hell conference in Auckland. This talk is now available online.
Tags: Annhilationism · Eschatology · Hell · Shawn Bawulski
The Challenge of Moral Relativism: Three Problems with Relativism
June 25th, 2018 Comments Off on The Challenge of Moral Relativism: Three Problems with Relativism
This is the third of a series of posts on moral relativism. These talks are based on some talks I have given on the subject in the last few months. In the first post, I looked at what the basic issues are. The second post examines some of the reasons people offer for accepting relativism. This […]
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The Challenge of Moral Relativism: Arguments for Relativism
June 22nd, 2018 Comments Off on The Challenge of Moral Relativism: Arguments for Relativism
This post is based on a series of talks I have given on moral relativism. In my last post, I looked at what relativism and objectivism are. Here I examine some common reasons people accept or defend relativism I will offer critical commentary on these arguments. When examining any position in philosophy it is important […]
Tags: Ethical Theory · Moral Relativism · Tolerance
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
