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This is a blog to discuss philosophy, chess, politics, C. S. Lewis, or whatever it is that I'm in the mood to discuss.

Saturday, August 29, 2026

Do physical particles act for reasons?

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  In the case of the physical, that is typically defined as something that does not act for reasons. If I am caught in an avalanche, the roc...
Tuesday, August 04, 2026

Utility and rights

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  The existence of rights is critical. The rights that utilitarianism allows for are rights that will maximize happiness. But isn't the ...
Monday, June 08, 2026

How should laws against abortion work? How do you prevent collateral damage

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Example 1: If a woman has a miscarriage, should she have to prove that she didn't induce the abortion?  Example 2: A woman's pregnan...
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Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Mascall's Christmas Carol about Bultmann

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  Hark, the herald angels sing: > "Bultmann is the latest thing!" > (Or they would if he had not > Demythologized the lot...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Christian sexual morality and the level playing field.

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  There is something tricky about Christian sexual morality that I am not sure everyone appreciates. People who complain about this morality...
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Monday, November 17, 2025

Is the argument from biblical prophecy a flat Tyre?

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  Here. 
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Wednesday, October 01, 2025

How to decrease illegal immigration

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  If any law-abiding citizen of a foreign country could come here legally in a reasonable amount of time, then there would be far less need ...
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Victor Reppert
I am the author of C. S. Lewis's Dangerous Idea: In Defense of the Argument from Reason, published by Inter-Varsity Press. I received a Ph.D in philosophy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1989.
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