Some people argue that moral obligations can be grounded in scientifically verifiable facts about human wellbeing and flourishing. This view is a form of ethical naturalism. For these people moral rightness is just the property of promoting or enhancing human flourishing. Plato refuted this argument over 2,000 years ago in his famous dialogue The Euthyphro. The [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Humour'
Ethical Naturalism and the Euthyphro Dilemma
April 12th, 2011 9 Comments
Tags: Divine Command Theory · Ethical Naturalism · Euthyphro Dilemma · God and Morality · Humour · Plato
Alexander Pruss on Scientific Rigour
January 19th, 2011 165 Comments
Given the debate raging on JT’s Progressive Enslavement: The Seductions of Scientism I thought it timely to share this comment left on The Prosblogion by Baylor University Associate Professor of Philosophy and blogger Alexander Pruss, “Given the pessimistic meta-induction, or given the fact that we know that at least one of the two central theories in [...]
Tags: Alexander Pruss · Humour · Science and Religion
Recycling The Dawkins Delusion
August 27th, 2010 3 Comments
Browsing the archives this morning I stumbled accross this gem, The Dawkins Delusion, which Matt originally published here some three years ago back before we had much of a readership so a lot you may have missed it. It is seriously clever and funny – go see!
Tags: Humour · New Atheists · Richard Dawkins
Tales of Blog Wars and Cannon Fodder
January 4th, 2010 15 Comments
There is a war raging in the blogosphere; the war for first place in the Biblioblog rankings. Being world-famous-in-New-Zealand bloggers and TVNZ One News Anchors… We are used to putting our heads into the lion’s mouth (or at least Matt is), I find it better to just tame the lion myself… Sorry, I took these [...]
Tags: Alexa · Biblioblog · Blog Rankings · Humour · Jeremy Thompson · Jim West · Joel Watts · Polycarp
Hadouken Punch
December 12th, 2009 12 Comments
Online Sid had some fun with my Pacific Viewpoint TV screen-shot. Apparently my question to MP Paul Hutchison on Pacific Viewpoint was so powerful you could see the hadouken punch I hurled at him (or chi blast as my kids tell me the correct term is) when you freeze-framed the video. Classic! Hat Tip: Online [...]
Tags: Hadouken Punch · Humour · Online Sid · Pacific Viewpoint
PJ O’Rourke on Perfect Form: A Review of Guidelines for Bias-Free Writing
April 27th, 2009 3 Comments
Given that PJ O’Rourke will be speaking in Auckland this week (see details, Invisible Hand versus Visible Fist) I thought I would share this gem with you; it is a rant by PJ O’Rourke on politically correct language, Perfect Form: A Review of Guidelines for Bias-Free Writing. It is so funny that it is hard [...]
Tags: Humour · Political Correctness
How to become a Famous Blogger
April 7th, 2009 42 Comments
As MandM have recently been flagellated with the following non-sequitur [no link as the accusers righteously distance themselves from seeking readership from any source not purist enough to already follow their blogs for blogging solely for joy in their niche category and as we would hate to offend by increasing either's Technorati ranking (is mentioning [...]
Tags: Humour · NZ Blog Rankings · NZ Christian Blog Rankings
In Dread Response, Misheard Lyrics and our son Christian
March 31st, 2009 14 Comments
On the video box of the Bebo page of the lead vocalist of New Zealand band In Dread Response, there currently features an animated You Tube clip, made by our son Christian, for the lyrics of Scarecrows in the Sky. Christian has Aspergers Syndrome and sees things very literally which makes his interpretation of the [...]
Tags: Aspergers Syndrome · Humour
Daniel Hannan v Gordon Brown the "Brezhnev era Apparatchik" UPDATED
March 30th, 2009 4 Comments
This is a must view; if only New Zealand politicians could debate and insult each other with this level of panache (and reason this well as well) then people other than David Farrar might tune in to parliament TV (ok, I watch it too). Daniel Hannan is a writer and journalist and has been Conservative [...]
Tags: Humour · International Politics
