I was pleased that my Oct. 10 opinion piece was used by Lou Matz’s University of the Pacific philosophy class to generate discussion on the morality of abortion, a topic introduced in his Moral ...
I was disappointed by Michael P. Lynch’s “Who Cares About the Truth?” (The Chronicle Review, September 10). The essay seemed to me to be both misguided and wasted on your audience. I am confident that ...
In a recent interview, Attorney General William Barr said of the dominant news media: They are projecting a narrative. When the word ‘narrative’ came into currency, I knew we were in trouble, because ...
The first question to arise is that: “What is morality?” In short, morality is a set of objective and universal rules, that I believe, originate from the “Divine Good”, and are pre-installed in human ...
Inside the 100-year-old-plus Benedictine monastery, located in the town of Belmont, a suburb of Charlotte, Abbot Solari answered questions in a quiet voice, reflecting on his 23 years as abbot at ...
Katie Couric Asks Gavin Newsom, ‘Are You Just Ridiculously Good-Looking?’ Anti-Billionaire Sentiment Is Dumb By Barring Anthropic, the Pentagon Shoots America in the Foot Suddenly, It’s America That ...
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There is a big difference between factual statements and statements that express strong emotions or demands (Messerly, 2016). When you claim that something is a fact (for example, "Trees get their ...
"Isn't all morality relative?" I often get this question from students, as there seems to be a fairly pervasive acceptance of moral relativism in much of our culture these days. However, the answer to ...