In 1882, Nietzsche wrote, “God is dead”, adding, in case you had hopes for another timely resurrection, “God remains dead.” You can quibble about what he meant, but at the very least the idea is that the Enlightenment put a dent in ordinary religious belief. The rise of reason, tolerance, and free-thinking at the expense […]
issue 86
The Skeptic: issue 86
Wendy M. Grossman on open access.
Living with Robots: a review
A review by Alexis Elder.
The Moral Argument for God’s Existence; or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Godless Morality
Erik J. Wielenberg is here to calm your fears.
Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
C. G. Prado considers the dangers in blurring the lines,
Being Born
Alison Stone wonders how a human life is shaped by having a beginning.
The Future Life of the Universal Declaration
Alan Haworth on the thinking behind rights, charters, and bills.
The Panpsycast
Q&A with Jack Symes
Fine-Tuning
Neil A. Manson considers the most popular argument for the existence of God.
Issue 86 Reviews: introduction
Readers are in for quite a few surprises in this issue’s reviews. A couple looking for a three-way relationship might select a guy robot as the addition, not a girl robot. That’s not what we’re expecting if we’ve seen the movie Her, watched the TV show Humans, or paid attention to the growing market for […]
Pascal’s Wager
Paul Bartha weighs up a prudential argument for belief in God.
Cosmological Arguments
Elizabeth Burns considers old and contemporary thinking about cause, explanation, and God.