by Karlo Broussard | Mar 15, 2016 | Articles, General Ethics
A person with whom I was corresponding recently asserted that skeptics are free to hold that objective morality is derived from the society in which we live. In this view, he claimed, moral principles exist beyond the individual and thus are objective. This...
by Karlo Broussard | Feb 18, 2016 | Articles
A year or so ago, after I gave a talk on God and science, a gentleman expressed his doubt concerning the principle of non-contradiction. The principle of non-contradiction is a self-evident first principle of reason upon which all knowledge is built. It states...
by Karlo Broussard | Feb 3, 2016 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
Should I believe in miracles? This question doesn’t pertain to whether I should believe in this miracle or that miracle. It has to do with whether I’m rationally justified in believing in miracles as such. DAVID HUME’S WISDOM FOR THE WISE The eightenth-century...
by Karlo Broussard | Jan 27, 2016 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
The Hindu practice of raja yoga has become popular in Western culture, especially within the New Age movement. Chanting om while sitting in the lotus position is meant to make one consciously aware that all is one (monism) and all is God (pantheism). That’s right! You...
by Karlo Broussard | Jan 27, 2016 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
One of the most passionately held beliefs among atheists and agnostics is that they can be morally good without belief in God. The underlying assumption is that God is not relevant to morality. But is this true? Can one be good without acknowledging God’s...
by Karlo Broussard | Dec 17, 2015 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
Is science the only legitimate form of rational inquiry? The evolutionary biologist and popular atheist Richard Dawkins thinks so. In a 2012 debate with Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dawkins claims that religion, as opposed to science, is “a...
