Universal philanthropy, on the other hand, would subordinate everything to collective interests — each individual playing his part in the world, just as each star selflessly plays its part in the universe.
Civilization was a machine, and a wise enough tinkerer could improve that machine. Machines rely on order and cannot abide chaos; machines rely on collective operation; independent or unpredictable variables are dangerous. Above all, machines are agnostic to transcendent morality, and are strictly concerned with utility.
The presupposition of Biblical human depravity was slowly replaced by the extra-Biblical ideal that men can not only improve themselves, but can take measures to improve their neighbors.
In 2016 I walked away from the Republican Party over the primary election of Donald Trump. But I never denigrated anyone who supported him. Here’s what I wrote: Trump — and his appointees — are just as capable of total depravity as Clinton and her appointees would have been; and God is still just as […]
Most people realize the conversation about the election is not over, and those who technically won the election would be wise to take that conversation very seriously.
No Christian should vote for a president who is bound and controlled by a government that persecutes our brothers and sisters in Christ.
The recent law in New York, and this recent legislation in Virginia, have made the reality of abortion much more evident, and people are realizing more and more that not killing babies needs to be a moral priority.
When meaning is found in subjective emotion instead of objective truth, it’s no wonder the frauds will create passion from the banal.
#MeToo and the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh have the nation asking some very important questions about our sexual ethics. Are they too ambiguous or too clear-cut? Too prudish or too loose?
Nike’s “Just Do It” campaign implicitly ties self-meaning to the ability to do; and by doing, you have; and by having, you matter.
