Idea Review
The Need for Moral Relativism
Lorenzo Albacete, a Roman Catholic priest writing in The New York Times, has put forth a fascinating if flawed defense of Pope Benedict XVIth’s encyclical “God is Love”. His commentary correctly states that the resistance of many non-believers to religion centers around the idea of the intolerance of Christianity and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘free speech’
Religion and Intolerance
Posted in Essays, tagged free speech, moral relativism, Religion on February 6, 2006 | 5 Comments »
Muhammad Cartoons, Democracy and A Free Press
Posted in Essays, tagged free speech, Muhammad Cartoons, Religion on February 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
As several papers have indicated in their editorials, blasphemy in their view is not a crime.Indeed, one could argue that blasphemy is a responsibilty for any democratic society…. Whether their ultimate aim is to preserve democracy or not is impossible to guess, but there is little doubt that no country can claim to be free or democratically governed by its people unless it allows blasphemy.
Ideologues at the Lectern
Posted in Ideas, tagged David Horowitz, education, free speech on January 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Idea Review
David Horowitz and The Academic Bill of Rights
David Horowitz, who’s become infamous in academic circles for his so-called “Academic Bill of Rights” repeats more nonsense in a recent piece in The LA Times. I have several responses to “Ideologues at the Lectern.” The first part of my response, as I’ve stated before, is to [...]
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