Monthly Archives: May 2015

In 1983, Bob Jones University lost a Supreme Court fight to hold on to its tax exemption in the face of its revocation by the IRS for reason of the university’s discrimination against blacks on religious grounds. The Court held … Continue reading →

Book Two: A Criticism of the Highest Values That Have Prevailed HithertoIV: How Virtue Is Made to Dominate §309   There are some who seek for the immoral side of things. When they say: “this is wrong”, they believe it … Continue reading →

Born on this date in 1872, Bertrand Russell was a mathematician, a philosopher, and among the most graceful essayists who ever lived. I had never heard of him before his death in 1970 (I was then in high school), but … Continue reading →

Book Two: A Criticism of the Highest Values That Have Prevailed HithertoIV: How Virtue Is Made to Dominate §308   Morality is just as “immoral” as any other thing on earth; morality is in itself a form of immorality. The … Continue reading →

There is nothing grown-up about behavior that is dictated by religious authority. Susan Neiman, Why Grow Up? Just so. To transform oneself into a dumb obedient farm animal is not a moral triumph, but a surrender to decadence.