evil

July 3, 2021

Thoughtlets. XLV. Theodicy revisited.

News media characteristically brings us one story after another about the kinds of things humans to do each other which are broadly characterized as ‘evil.’ And these stories tend to generate accusations of ‘evil-doers’ which are then dispatched with the speed and clamour of emergency vehicles headed to a five alarm fire. I’m not here Continue reading

Thoughtlets

discourse, emotion, evil, Mackie, media, Philosophy, politics, problem of evil, rhetoric, theodicy
November 15, 2020

A meditation on the character of a political speaker and, by extension, a voter (Oct. 31/20 with Nov. 15/20 addendum)

Loosely put, rhetoric is the art of persuasion. More specifically, on Aristotle’s definition, rhetoric is “the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion.” We all use rhetoric to convince others of some thing or other, but some of us are more skilled than others to this end. Some become especially Continue reading

Political Rhetoric, Social and Political Commentary

aristotle, armagedon, Biden, character, dark, election, ethos, evil, extreme, foreign, good, goodness, interference, light, logos, media, pathos, rhetoric, Trump, truth, Von Clausewitz, war
October 22, 2020

Experiment with prose poetry. About Hell.

People wonder where is hell and what is hell and others answer, hell is here. It’s here on earth, and it’s pain. People are in pain and it’s hell. People are in hell. And people are out of hell. Some leave, some enter, some remain. There are three ways, three ways out of hell. First. Continue reading

Arts and Leisure, Catch-All

addiction, advice, counsel, evil, guidance, hell, mental health, pain, peer, professional, recovery, solidarity, suffering, theodicy
August 16, 2019

Introducing Theodicy. What on earth is a Theodicy?!

Loosely speaking, a theodicy is an attempt to explain why God allows evil in the world. More particularly, it’s an attempt to answer The Problem of Evil; that is, to give an account of how the existence of God and of evil are not incompatible. So the problem is just this: 1) God is omnipotent Continue reading

Philosophy

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April 27, 2019

NUANCE: Beyond a world of black and white. Some time required.

Nuance takes more time than most of us have. Or allow ourselves. Continue reading

Arts and Leisure

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evil

Thoughtlets. XLV. Theodicy revisited.

A meditation on the character of a political speaker and, by extension, a voter (Oct. 31/20 with Nov. 15/20 addendum)

Experiment with prose poetry. About Hell.

Introducing Theodicy. What on earth is a Theodicy?!

NUANCE: Beyond a world of black and white. Some time required.