#Moral

🚨Tier 5🚨 National Logdown

lllogansays

A few theses on Paul and mortality. (a thread)1) Paul locates the ultimate problem of the human condition not in Genesis 3 ("the fall") but in Genesis 2.7: "the Lord

John MD

John1MD

1...In our analysis of the politics of obedience, we see that public obedience is derived from 10 social constructs:1)Habit2)Self-Interest3)Fear of Sanctions4)Indifference5)Absence of Self-Confidence6)Moral Obligation7)Psychological Identif

Jonathan Leeman

JonathanLeeman

The idea of “human dignity” has become a bedrock principle in contemporary jurisprudence (see esp. Kennedy’s Obergefell opinion). Yet what happens when we do not ground our ideas about human

Stephen Wolfe

PerfInjust

Thread:When the evangelical elite talk about "persuasion" in the public sphere, they usually assume the following ethos:1) Punch Right; thoughtfully engage Left. 2) Ascribe good faith to the Left (despite

Karl Augustine Wärnberg

MeisterWarnberg

In his ‘Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason,’ Kant seems to develop a trinitarian ontology. There are some interesting questions raised by this. What is trinitarian ontology? It seems

Debtlifts

Debtlifts

How feminism has failed.A thread on sex, values, and culture. In every society through history, there has been a link between achievement and sexual temperance.In every case when a nation

Khaled 🚌

kboulos79

A Left project that is in any way serious about upending the status quo would be constantly generating and debating incredibly contentious ideas without hiding behind moral absolutes, emotional fragility

William Shakespeare (tux) Pepæ

dowenotrevenge

Im not sure if this meme is pro marxism (since marx was a materialist) or anti (since marxism didnt work out in material reality) but i think its a good

A.R. (Actually Republic) Moxon

JuliusGoat

"This is our country. OURS."The Republican Party has spent my entire lifetime and longer leading to this. They've nurtured and tended and encouraged the lie of white supremacy to harness

Joy Clarkson

joynessthebrave

It’s not helpful to respond to grief over moral failures in spiritual leaders with “Put your faith in God, not people.” We should be able to put our faith in

T. R. Okuna

XivTroy

Even in the hinterland, morality was implausible. There can't be a moral act without a victim. I arrived late and missed my bus. I had to book the only available

Vicki J D ⛄️🎄

vickidzin

Larry Summers is a good example of why economists should not be seen as some kind of meta-authority on public policy. Economics is not and never has been primarily about

Maccabee JD ✡️

GoodnightGuy

I'm gonna go on a nerd rant for a minute Making every superhero the whole "I don't kill" is lazy writing. It forces a moral superiority that feels forced. With

Sarah Humayun

sarah_humayun

Women are not accountable to society for their personal safety. It's the reverse.The investigations may never clarify this, but crimes like the motorway attack are a means to keep women

Tom Chivers

TomChivers

I've been reading @edwest's book Small Men on the Wrong Side of History, and I have ~thoughts~. First, it's *fascinating* as a sort of intellectual anthropology exercise, to read something

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/8Important article which supports the point I have been making for the past few months, which is that lending discipline is incompatible with a GDP growth target. "Chinese government entities

By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy to improve your experience.