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Reflections on Ethics
Secularism is opposed to the orthodox idea that we should do right through fear of hell. This is the lowest and most selfish reason for… -
The 10 Commandments
by Anthony deLucchi Instead of shooting at the banner at the end of my aeroplane. read what it says! We do not need the 10… -
The Philosophy of Killing.
by: Teofilo Contreras Despite the grand title, this only a personal opinion. Perhaps as much as there can ever be on this subject. Among the… -
Revised Commandments
by Jessica Queary I love the revised commandments! Actually the commandments are one of the things that led me from being a sheep to a… -
Why Do Right? A Secularist’s Answer
by Charles Watts (1835 – 1906) Introduction MOST persons can distinguish between right and wrong; but it is not so easy to decide why certain… -
Why Do Right? A Secularist’s Answer
Alas! it is too true that the world, for the most part, has hitherto worshipped force. Poets, from Homer downwards, have thrilled thousands with graphic… -
Why Keep the Commandments?
by Maarten van den Driest and of course I had to get involved… In Reflection 35, the question is posed ‘Why should we even try… -
Why Do Right? A Secularist’s Answer
While admitting that the moral brightness of life is some-what tarnished by the base, the brutal, the suicidal, and the insane characters that are still… -
Why Do Right? A Secularist’s Answer
Darwin, in his ‘Decent of Man,’ gives potent reasons why we should live good lives. He points out that the possession of moral qualities is… -
Why Do Right? A Secularist’s Answer
Regard for the moral law is not based upon a negation, neither is it a mere question of expediency, but rather a positive acting principle,…