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If there is a God then atheists have morality. If there isn't a God then we have no morality. So why worry :) Just so I'm clear, are you saying that you support the divine command view of morality? I.e, what God does is good rather than God does what is good? I would say God is good. I know when we...

Wootah wrote:If there is a God then atheists have morality. If there isn't a God then we have no morality. So why worry

Just so I'm clear, are you saying that you support the divine command view of morality?

I.e, what God does is good rather than God does what is good?

Pandaemonium , by the Scottish author Christopher Brookmyre, was my holiday read this year (I'm just back from a break in Spain) and I'd heartily recommend it for anyone attracted to the idea of a highly irreverent satirical take on the debate between religion and science. Think secret army researc...

Except that they don't.

if you're lookin to get your man a good ass kickin just for kicks...Texas is the place to go. Just mosey up to any bar and tap the biggest and meanest lookin cowboy on the shoulder and say, "My boyfriend says he don't like your looks." Good times...lol. That'll get your ass (though it's u...

Doesn't that put you in agreement with Einstein then? He didn't like quantum theory because it was problematic explaining it in terms of cause and effect, which he was commited to.

Jonathan Harker is the lawyer and yet poor Dracula gets the reputation for being a blood sucker. There's no justice in the world.

And I do like your writing style and would have been quite happy to read more.

jetsetjason wrote:the black death

the industrial revolution

short, sharp, changes in the environment ?

What about it? What effect on evolution are you proposing such events might have had?

You can't just be the product of your parents and their environment because they are also the product of their parents (your grandparents) and their environments and so on and so on. Evolutionary change is cumulative in very small steps. Just because a trait was important in the past and is no longe...

You have to love the fact that Christian resellers have discovered the power of spambots though.

I think you mean canine parvovirus which is usually shortened to parvo.

As the search above shows, you can't do a straight degree in economics but you can do Politics, Philosophy and Economics (which is what I'm doing) or Economics and Mathematical Sciences. There are some additional options that allow you to do a Social Science degree with economics.

Hi Tom, I've just completed A211 Philosophy and the human condition and just waiting on my exam result now. I've previously been studying economics and I now have two politics courses to complete my degree. I really enjoy philosophy but I don't have any plans to take it any further than I have acade...

The comedian Mark Steel covered a few philosophers in his TV (and radio) programs, The Mark Steel Lectures , most of which are available on YouTube. However, a number of his TV and radio programs are legitimately available for download on his own website at http://www.marksteelinfo.com/audiovideo/de...

I've just come to the end of a first degree in philosophy and music after a very long time of part-time study with the Open University. I started life as a scientist (chemistry) and am now a painter. I hope to embark on some research into the ontological status of representation in music and the pl...