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The Moral Arc

A Review of The Moral Arc Part 3: From Absurdities to Atrocities

July 29, 2017 by Randal

For Part 2 of this review click here. Early on in The Moral Arc Michael Shermer quotes Voltaire: “Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” (7) It’s clear that Shermer likes this quote because he returns to it on several occasions. At one point he offers a different translation: “Truly, whoever […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, Michael Shermer, review, The Moral Arc, utilitarianism

A Review of The Moral Arc Part 2: Reason as Rhetoric

July 20, 2017 by Randal

For Part 1 of this review click here. Imagine that you’re over at your friend Mike’s house for dinner when he pulls out a Monopoly box and invites you to a game. “But before we get started,” he says, “the rules are that I get $500 every time I pass go and you don’t get […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: empiricism, humanism, Michael Shermer, review, secularism, The Moral Arc, witches

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