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Charity as a duty?
I posted some reflections on the relation between charity and duty on my blog. Since the post stems from Pope B16’s Lenten address, I put it on my blog instead of the USU Philosophy page. But there are philosophical connections (to Singer and to postmodern ethics). If you are interested, click over to my blog and share your thoughts. http://web.mac.com/harrisonkleiner/ProfKleiner/Blog/Blog.html
LDS-Catholic-Protestant Debate
I thought the LDS-Catholic-Protestant debate went very well, and there was no shortage of student interest, comments, and questions (I fielded questions for over an hour after the debate). Since the topic is more theology and philosophical-theology than philosophy proper, I thought I would manage the discussion over at my blog. Feel free to click over there to continue the conversation with comments or questions: http://web.mac.com/harrisonkleiner/ProfKleiner/Blog/Blog.htmlFYI: I will be most interested in discussing what I thought arose as the principle point of difference between the LDS and the Christian. It boils down to the issue of transcendence – is God radically other as Creator over and against creature, or are God and man of similar ontological status?
Preparation for the LDS-Protestant-Catholic Forum
In preparation for the upcoming forum on three different religious traditions, I thought Tom Lehrer’s thoughts on “brotherhood” would be worth a listen.
Spinoza hits broadway!
You know, Spinoza — “perky and adorable, a brash but modest young fellow whose head is amusingly stuffed not with baseball statistics but with incisive conclusions about God, nature and the universe.” See the NYT review of a new play about Spinoza.
