| A Philosopher's Blog

Each time a mass shooting occurs in the United States, people try to determine the cause or lay the blame.

When someone does a terrible thing that seems senseless, such as murdering children, others will try to explain it.

Each mass shooting brings the problem of evil once again into the media spotlight.

After one of my philosophy classes, a student asked me if water is wet.

While we Americans praise religious freedom, we have a long history of religious bigotry.

This is the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

When I look back at over a decade of writing about gun violence, I am struck by the fact that I keep writing essentially the same thing.

While we consider ourselves the dominant species, we face dangers from other species.

As a runner, martial artist and philosopher my view of the will is shaped mostly by my training and competitions.

The basic problem of evil is that the existence of evil in the world is incompatible with the Philosophy 101 conception of God, namely that God is all good, all-powerful and all knowing.

When a shooting makes the news, someone will often claim that those killed would still be alive if the person who killed them did not have a gun.

In science fiction, a cyborg (“cybernetic organism”) is a combination of organic and technological components.

The now infamous Flock cameras have, like data centers, united Americans in a loathing that crosses the political spectrum.

When I was a boy, I was small, smart and sensitive.

God & Rape: The Problem of Evil Way back in 2012, Republican Richard Mourdock said he believed that abortion is acceptable only to save the life of the mother.