Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. So, I think the Dobbs decision is wrong in principle and dangerous in its near-certain effects. I agree with you that abortion is an inalienable right and that prohibiting it is wrong for precisely the same reason as other fo…

In reply to Chalmers. Chalmers: … while I’m pretty sure there’s a good New Testament verse about the evils of performative public prayer, I’m way too lazy to look that up. You are probably thinking of Matthew 6:5-8. Jesus is teaching the disciple…

Good morning, Like everything lately, it does not make sense. I enjoy most of your writings. This one is dear to my heart. I don’t know why people are against prayer but allow injustice. There are people that vote for people that are self-serving…

Thank you for this, Irfan, because I will admit I only read the headlines of the story and assumed the prayer was a team thing where those choosing not to participate could be at a significant disadvantage. I still have a problem with it, not so much w…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. That’s a dispute you’ll have to take up directly with Gaahl: LikeLike

Gorgoroth is a plain in Mordor, not a band. LikeLike

It’s late, and I need to go to bed, so I’ll keep this one short. I see a lot of people out there bloviating about the catastrophic moral horror of the Supreme Court’s decision in its recent “50 yard line prayer case”: Kennedy vs. Bremerton School District. Setting aside the absurdity of the very idea…

I don’t find your equation of the Right and the Left persuasive. The Right wants to force women to carry unwanted pregnancies to term. The Left wants to tax people to pay for health care to benefit those who can’t afford it. Both things involve forcing someone to do something, but the degree of force…