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Tag Archive: "freedom"

Pain, Autonomy, and God

  POSTED: July 1, 2012
  AUTHOR: Jim Spiegel
  TOPIC(S): Philosophy
 TAG(S): autonomy • evil • freedom • God • greater good • libertarianism • pain • theodicy

An article of mine entitled “Free Will and Soul Making” was recently published in Philosophia Christi.  My thesis is that the free will defense and soul-making theodicy are complementary, mutually dependent approaches to the problem of evil.  Below is a … Continued

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On a Certain Irony in the Case for Gay Rights

  POSTED: January 26, 2009
  AUTHOR: Jim Spiegel
  TOPIC(S): Ethics • Philosophy
 TAG(S): biology is destiny • determinism • freedom • gay rights • irony

When it comes to the debate on human sexuality, typically it is traditionalists who are painted as enemies of freedom.  After all, they are the ones who insist that extra-marital sex is wrong and should be discouraged.  However, the central … Continued

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