The Philosophical Midwife

Empathy is given. We come into the world with the ability to feel as others feel. Kindness is not given. It must be learned. Empathy is ...

I’m in sympathy with Spinoza. But I find the Ethics difficult to read. He takes Euclid’s Elements as his model, and each time I pick up the ...

I think it obvious that what goes by the name of orthodoxy changes over time. Three examples: 1. Protestantism sprang from Catholicism, a...

Good people of deep faith differ in their interpretation of Scripture. When you speak to me of the truth of the Gospel, I know that you mean...

I once had a teacher who delighted in philosophical warfare. If he thought you his enemy, he'd barely let you get a word out before he b...

Our country needs a task. Something  big, something that we can all get behind. This is the sort of thing that I mean. This too. At pres...

If you could extend you life by three months for a cost of $500,000, would you do it? (It's not a purely hypothetical question. See here...

The truth about which I will speak is truth of importance to us. It is truth that matters to us. It is truth about us. Think for a moment ab...