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Watch the Video of the Debate: “This House Supports the Legalisation of Same-Sex Marriage in New Zealand”

October 10th, 2012 4 Comments

On Tuesday 2 October 2012 Matt participated in a debate on the moot “This House supports the legalisation of same-sex marriage in New Zealand” at the University of Auckland along with: Louisa Wall Labour Party MP and the drafter of the Bill Colin Craig leader of the NZ Conservative Party Levi Joule Queer Rights Officer of AUSA) and the Auckland Regional [...]

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Auckland Uni Debate “This House supports the legalisation of same-sex marriage in New Zealand” Feat. Louisa Wall, Colin Craig, Matthew Flannagan, et al.

September 24th, 2012 9 Comments

Matt has accepted an invitation from the Auckland University Students Association (AUSA) to participate in a public debate on the Same Sex Marriage Bill to be held at 7pm at the University of Auckland on Tuesday 2 October 2012 in Library Basement 28. The moot is: “This House supports the legalisation of same-sex marriage in New Zealand”  [...]

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Want to see Matthew Flannagan debate John W. Loftus in America?

October 6th, 2011 67 Comments

As you all know, Matt and I are going to the US to speak at 4 conferences in November. John W. Loftus is aware of this and in a comment on this blog has suggested a debate between himself and Matt during the 3 days we have spare between conferences – ideally for us 14 [...]

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Transcript: Sam Harris v William Lane Craig Debate “Is the Foundation of Morality Natural or Supernatural?” UPDATED

May 3rd, 2011 79 Comments

Sam Harris and William Lane Craig debated the moot “Is the Foundation of Morality Natural or Supernatural?” at the University of Notre Dame on 7 April 2011. We’ve already linked to the debate MP3 and a playlist of the video and we have published a two part review but now, as an MandM exclusive, we bring [...]

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Debate Review: Sam Harris and William Lane Craig on Ethical Naturalism Part II

April 18th, 2011 41 Comments

In Part I of my review of the debate between Sam Harris and William Lane Craig on the moot “Is the Foundation of Morality Natural or Supernatural? I discussed Craig’s defence of the contention that: 1. If God exists then we have a plausible account of (a) the nature of moral goodness and (b) the nature of [...]

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Debate Review: Sam Harris and William Lane Craig on Divine Command Theory Part I

April 13th, 2011 54 Comments

Last week Sam Harris and William Lane Craig debated the question: “Is the Foundation of Morality Natural or Supernatural?” at the University of Notre Dame. Given my interest in divine command meta-ethics I found the debate and the subsequent online discussion concerning it extremely interesting. I was particularly interested in how the ‘new atheist’ movement would [...]

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Video: Sam Harris v William Lane Craig Debate “Is the Foundation of Morality Natural or Supernatural?”

April 9th, 2011 12 Comments

Sam Harris and William Lane Craig debated the moot “Is the Foundation of Morality Natural or Supernatural?” at the University of Notre Dame on 7 April 2011. We’ve already linked to the debate  MP3 but here is the video of the whole debate. Hat tip: Pondering the Preponderance See Matthew Flannagan’s: Debate Review: Sam Harris and [...]

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