The Philosophical Muser

One of the preposterous things about the anti-capitalist brigade is that, whatever form of leftism is being espoused, they still get to enjo...

I have a lot of respect and admiration for vegans. In fact, if you oppose the meat industry on ethical grounds, then as far as I can see, yo...

If my book The Genius of the Invisible God ever gets published, and if you ever acquire a copy, you’ll come across a section about what I c...

I’ve been observing the Christian dating scene, and one thing led to another blog post about the dating market in general. Our long evolutio...

Today marks a year since my dear dad passed away. They always talk of the deep tragedy of a parent losing their child - and that is, of cour...

The two main divisions in the world are to do with perceived ideas and perceived characters. Most of the issues people debate are battles of...

  The incompetencies of the so-called new-wave atheists like Dawkins and Hitchens exposed them as being intellectual lightweights in the sub...

  "Isn't Christianity just a lot of rules?", I was asked recently. "No", I said, "It has some rules; but those ...

I’m a big fan of movies, but it’s been quite a few years since I’ve given two hoots about who won which Oscar. I believe this feeling has gr...

  It’s been a long term venture of mine, trying to understand why people believe so many crazy things, especially in religion and politics. ...

  Here's an intriguing thought experiment that's in my book The Ecstasy  of a New Morality . If someone does a morally good act that...

I’ve been frustrated for a while now with how this country is policed. Obviously the police policies are driven by lawmakers – and there’s a...

  We regularly hear that homelessness is on the rise in cities across the world. The general argument from the person on the street (no pun ...

  Not everyone realises this, but most ethical debates are debates about facts and knowledge. When you listen to people having ethical debat...

It’s good to reflect on how we’ve changed over the years. When I was a younger, sometimes ladies found me charming on the basis that I appea...

  For much of my life, my salad analogy view of political parties has been that Tory politicians are a bit like tomatoes. They are mostly ok...

  In the article on my side bar (link here ), I laid out my thesis on free will and determinism - and I expanded on it even more comprehensi...