No class this week

Rejoice in the fact that school has been canceled for tomorrow, so we will not be meeting this week. I'll post a new entry later on letting you know how our schedule will change as a result for next week and the rest of the semester.

Enjoy the sledding!

Dicussion on religion, relativism and tolerance

The following videos are of a presentation given by Sam Harris explaining his arguments concerning religious toleration. I thought this presentation would be a fitting transition from our class on the relationship between ethics and religion with our class on ethical relativism and cultural tolerance this week.

Obviously, there are many issues being raised by this talk, so feel free to comment.

Problems for Divine Command Theory

The following is an excerpt from a documentary by Richard Dawkins, entitled The Root of all Evil. It deals with the relationship between religious scripture/authority and morality. It's very short, but provides a good deal of food for thought.

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A little religious humor

Thanks to Angel for this submission.

Test

Hey good morning everyone. Just following the directions from last night's class to see if I am doing it right.