hell’s handmaiden

I am also up at the Philosopher’s Carnival #32. Don’t miss it.

Adventures in Ethics and Science: Philosophers’ Carnival #32

This Carnival, by the way, is hosted at a site I rather like. Visit it often.

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The host of The Owner’s manual was kind enough to put a link up at Symphony #136. Have a look.

The Owner’s Manual: #136 Best of Me Symphony

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I began Part I with the statement that, according to one view, “We need the boogeyman under the bed, and we need a supernatural blankie. God, the good shepherd, lures us to the straight and narrow with promises of heaven like an old man luring a little girl with candy, while promising the horrors of hell if she tells. In the absence of such bribing and bullying, the idea goes, we’ll run wild like the rabid beasts we are.” And I ended Part II with the questions: “What then, keeps us in line? Where do humans get their moral codes? Why isn’t the world full of Jeffrey Dahmers?”