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conceptual nominalism

Spontaneous Abortion: God Has the Right to Take Lives?

I was recently involved in a discussion/argument that started off with a Christian stating: We want freedom from stupid govt. lockdowns for a non-pandemic. [I will edit these quick Facebook comments only for grammar/punctuation.] Which then distilled down to a conversation about abortion. Because that's what

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Pro-Life Debate: Answering Criticisms on the Human/Human Being Distinction

Some time ago, I wrote a few pieces on the definitions of human and human being as pertaining to the pro-life/pro-choice/abortion debate: * Abortion: The Human/Human Being Distinction In my piece, I was taking to task a set of comments from a Mark Bradshaw here, an avowedly pro-life

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Abortion: The Human/Human Being Distinction

Every abortion kills an innocent human being.... Biology shows that a "ZEF" (Zygote, Embryo, Fetus - the three distinct prenatal developmental stages) is, in fact, a distinct, unique and individual human being.... The issue at hand is when we are considered human beings. That question can be answered

conceptual nominalism

The Second Amendment and Rights

A thread has recently exploded when I posted about the Second Amendment and drawing the line between acceptable and unacceptable weaponry. On the thread, one particularly obvious common denominator sprung up with all of the gun advocates, the idea of "rights": A right is no less a right

cognitive dissonance

A Few Chats for You: Human Rights, Atheist Deaths, Veganism

Due to the fact that I have a little more time in my staring at these four walls in isolation, I have decided to resurrect my YouTube channels in a few ways: firstly, to recreate some of the old posts that I have done in head-on-a-stick format. Secondly, I am

conceptual nominalism

Human Rights Don't Exist until We Construct and Codify Them

Human rights don't exist. By this, I mean, as I so often state, they do not have ontic existence - they do not exist outside of our minds. Like all abstract ideas, for a conceptual nominalist like myself, the existence of such mental entities (labels, morality and so

My Current View on the Brexit Debate

I just gave a summary elsewhere on the internet to my views on Brexit. See what you think, if you care: Here is how I see the debate. There are five main reasons for voting Leave or Remain: (1) the economy. I cannot see the Leavers can winning this argument.

Convention on the Rights of the Child and the US.

Someone recently contacted me through the message form here to say that I might be interested to know that the USA is the ONLY country, that is a member of the UN, that has not ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. I am indeed interested,

UN Human Rights Council condemns death penalty for blasphemy, apostasy and homosexuality

The following news (taken from Humanists UK) is great, if not a little obvious in my humble opinion. What is particularly galling is the issue of Saudi Arabia, in the context of the UN Human Rights Council (from wiki): In September 2015, Faisal bin Hassan Trad, Saudi Arabia's

Sharia in the Light of Pluralism

Moral diktats are always on dodgy ground, since they depend on a perfect revelation. Both the Bible and the Qu'ran are thoroughly imperfect revelations. Issues about who wrote what, and when, why and how, are seemingly never satisfactorily answered. As far as he Qu'ran is concerned,

Animals are legally recognised as 'sentient' beings in New Zealand

Are animals sentient enough to deserve "human" rights?

The Lord's Prayer advert HAS NOT BEEN BANNED in cinemas

I just want to set the record straight since this is being mis-reported all over the media. I sent a complaint to the BBC and they changed their website headline, though still report it incorrectly on the TV news. Here is how the BBC report it, having changed "ban" to "snub" and "refusal":

consequentialism

Saudi Arabia, Human Rights and Sir Gerald Howarth's Nonsense

This is a really important topic and piece which I think needs to be understood by many, not least the politicians working on the world stage. In fact, politicians seem these days to lack in philosophical rigour and understanding. Let me show you one such example here. The topic of Saudi Arabia, its

Dale Hansen Defends Michael Sams in Jaw Dropping Speech on Gay NFL Players

http://youtu.be/mAeS0bCAmjE What a fantastic commentary here. Excellent. More of that, thanks. One point which I have made before is that conservative vs liberal politics is inherently incoherent: Right-wing = tiny government please, and stay out of our lives, apart from when it concerns sexuality and morality and family,

Some views on the full face veil

The Guardian has run a few articles lately on face veiling as it has hit the news again in the UK. I have detailed before my frustration with veiling (primarily on communication grounds, but also on the more complex and debatable grounds of being undergirded by sexism). Here are some interesting vie

Christians' discrimination cases rejected by human rights court

Three British Christians who argued that their beliefs saw them wrongly disciplined by their employers for actions such as refusing to counsel same-sex couples have lost their legal battle at the European court of human rights.