Category: Culture & Ethics
New in Paperback: Hitler’s Ethic by Richard Weikart
In this work Weikart helps unlock the mystery of Hitler’s evil by vividly demonstrating the surprising conclusion that Hitler’s immorality flowed from a coherent ethic.
Psychologists Discover Their Own Biases
Another look at an odd psychology study to see if people, when confronted with thoughts of their own death, would prefer intelligent design theory over evolutionary theory.
Inherit the Wind at Christianity Today
Inherit the Wind’s mythical treatment of the Scopes trial gets a boost from Christianity Today, while the new feature film Alleged tries to set the record straight.
When Politics Holds Science Hostage
As Klinghoffer points out, the simple fact of the matter is that adult stem cells are proven to heal, while embryonic stem cells are not. Too bad the favored narrative bars this knowledge from the discussion.
Francis Beckwith Takes on Barbara Forrest in Synthese
“We have a choice. We can take our cue from Forrest, and a few of her compatriots higher up on the philosophical food chain, and continue to escalate and amplify our inflammatory rhetoric . . . Or we can be philosophers.”