metaethics

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^{Nancy Pearcey
September 15, 2000
Intelligent Design}

A New Foundation for Positive Cultural Change

_{Nancy Pearcey
September 15, 2000
Intelligent Design}

Pinker argues that the fundamental premise of ethics has been disproved by science. "Ethical theory," he writes, "requires idealizations like free, sentient, rational, equivalent agents whose behavior is uncaused." Yet, "the world, as seen by science, does not really have uncaused events." Read More ›

^{Phillip E. Johnson
November 1, 1999
Intelligent Design}

Metaphysics Matters

_{Phillip E. Johnson
November 1, 1999
Intelligent Design}

In his influential book The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins asserts that “Like successful Chicago gangsters our genes have survived . . . in a highly competitive world, . . . [and so] a predominant quality to be expected in a successful gene is ruthless selfishness.” Therefore, “We are survival machines-robot vehicles programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.” Read More ›