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Russ Douthat has a strange column in The New York Times today arguing that because the pope’s views cross the standard political lines of America’s left and right wings (denouncing both environmental destruction and embryonic) that he shows “that truth may not be served by perfect ideological conformity.” The church is not a think tank, [...]
Archive for the ‘Bio-Medical Ethics’ Category
The Pope Not Interested In “Perfect Ideological Conformity?”
July 13th, 2009 
Daniel Fincke Obama’s New Science Czar’s Controversial Prescriptions
July 12th, 2009 Daniel Fincke Zombietime has the excerpts from new “science czar” John Holdren’s 1977 book, in which he advocates the following: • Women could be forced to abort their pregnancies, whether they wanted to or not; • The population at large could be sterilized by infertility drugs intentionally put into the nation’s drinking water or in food; • [...]
Pope Benedict XVI In League With “Liberal Communists”?
July 7th, 2009 Daniel Fincke Anthony Paul Smith has an interesting response (one that seems to be deeply influenced by Zizek’s remarks on those whom he dubs “liberal communists” here) to the Pope’s new encyclical. An excerpt from Smith: Apparently any use of technology in relation to life, from birth control to abortion to in vitro to cloning, is a [...]
Graphs Suggest Secular Countries Less Corrupt, More Peaceful
June 29th, 2009 Daniel Fincke An interesting graph: Here’s Tom Rees’s interpetation of the data: the graph (as shown on the right) shows a dramatic and strong relationship between religiosity and corruption. This does not mean that religion causes corruption. A more likely explanation is that a common, third factor explains both. And the obvious explanation is wealth. Rich countries [...]
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Tags: Corruption, Global Peace Index, Peace, Poverty, Religion, Secularization, War 
2 Comments »The Theocratic Mindset of James Dobson
June 24th, 2008 Daniel Fincke As something of a Rawlsian about public discourse, I have no problem with religious people arguing in government for application of ideals that they personally discovered through their religion or their sacred texts, their religious institutions, etc. as long as they respect the need to give reasons that are publicly accessible, reasons that do not [...]
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